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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround; to circle
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
HSK 7-9
circle / ring / (social) circle
HSK 7-9
trap; snare; trick
HSK 7-9
show business
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
to confine / to lock up / to pen in
Arctic Circle
solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
commercial district / business district
doughnut
to draw a circle / cliques / circles
necklace
wreath / garland
circle
to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc
washer (on bolt) / toilet seat
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
bow-legged / bandy-legged
aperture / diaphragm / halo / aureole
remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise
life buoy; life belt / (jocular) flab; spare tire
hula hoop (loanword)
pigsty (lit. and fig.)
hula hoop (loanword)
to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out
ring around the moon / lunar halo / solar halo
atmosphere
(basketball) hoop / ring
to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush
(meteorology) storm area (area exposed to winds of force 7 or higher during a typhoon) / (fig.) area particularly badly affected by a crisis
dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye
Enclosure Movement
lithosphere (in geology, the rigid crust of the earth)
swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
round frame of a sieve
stable
rim of the eye / eye socket
to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate
biosphere / ecosphere
to overstep the bounds / to go too far
asthenosphere (geology)
to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out
to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream
among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles
(neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan / to garner new fans
the earth's ocean / the hydrosphere (geology)
to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
line of longitude / meridian (geography)
(Tw) (computing) loop
Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
ferrule / ring toss
vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon
number of laps
(coll.) (neologism c. 2006) to raise money then misappropriate it
at symbol, @
fan community / fandom
(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
ecosphere
induction coil / solenoid
to go around one time / to do a circuit
tic-tac-toe
onion ring
rubber ring / gasket
to scam / to set a trap / to set up a scheme to defraud people
insider
spring washer
sphere of cultural influence
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938
line of latitude / parallel
to be on the verge of tears
XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality
magnetosphere
Bayuquan district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
crop circle
to fall in a trap
blogosphere
(astronomy) diurnal circle
at symbol, @
annotations made in a book / fig. remarks and comments / to have an opinion on everything
staking a claim to territory / enclosure
to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate; to delineate
hoop
great circle (in spherical geometry)
the entertainment world; show business
asthenosphere (geology)
to form a circle, ring or loop
to play mahjong
government circle / political circle
Stonehenge stone circle
Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信)
pen / animal yard
(planet) atmosphere / (medical) air ring / air cushion
doughnut
wireless (bra)
smoke ring
solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
line of latitude / parallel
erhua variant of 羅圈|罗圈

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