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HSK
satisfactory; consummate; perfect
HSK 4
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circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
HSK 4
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
HSK 7-9
round / circular
HSK 7-9
to have a reunion
HSK 7-9
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle; rotary
Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
Circinus (constellation)
oblate
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
flexible / accommodating
(math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
amphitheater
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
compass (drafting)
smooth and evasive / slick and sly
cylinder (geometry)
semicircular
wafer (used as a substrate for fabricating microchips)
circle
column / cylinder
disk
conic section
dot
US dollar
completely round
waltz
oval / ellipse / elliptic
as round as a ball
round table conference
to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear) / to cover (for sb who has lied)
crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)
round table
full moon
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
circumference; circle
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
oval
ball / sphere / globe
waxing and waning (of the moon)
lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
mellow and full / suave / smooth and round / rich (in voice)
cone / conical / tapering
perfectly round / (fig.) accommodating / considerate / smooth (way of doing things)
the trigonometric functions
death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
great circle (in spherical geometry)
plump
to buy the whole lot / to take everything remaining
lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
circumscribed circle (of a polygon)
arc (segment of a circle)
round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
tall and strong / burly / beefy
protractor
cylindrical
(math.) elliptic curve
to walk around the stage (to indicate scene changes)
slur (music)
round flat bread / pita bread
to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL: 個|个
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
circular orbit (in astronomy and in astronautics)
circular cylinder / drum
round hole
parentheses; round brackets ( )
accommodating / (Buddhism) completely integrated
great circle (in spherical geometry)
oval / ellipse
kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
log
conical / coniform
perfectly round
(of animals) round and fat
to draw a circle
tapioca ball
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
round herring
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar
a round vault
bead
(math.) elliptic integral
lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored
circular saw
center of circle
cone
radiance emanating from the head / halo
elliptical machine (exercise)
round dance
conical
semicircle
dome

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