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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
satisfactory; consummate; perfect
HSK 4
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
round / circular
HSK 7-9
to have a reunion
HSK 7-9
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
HSK 7-9
oval / ellipse / elliptic
disk
arc (segment of a circle)
cone / conical / tapering
semicircle
circumference; circle
to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
ball / sphere / globe
round hole
column / cylinder
compass (drafting)
Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)
circle
smooth and evasive / slick and sly
mellow and full / suave / smooth and round / rich (in voice)
wafer (used as a substrate for fabricating microchips)
center of circle
ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle; rotary
great circle (in spherical geometry)
circular cylinder / drum
perfectly round / (fig.) accommodating / considerate / smooth (way of doing things)
perimeter / range / (within) a radius of ...
round table
flexible / accommodating
plump
bead
(of a child bride) to consummate marriage
circumscribed circle (of a polygon)
to mediate / to broker a compromise
lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored
dome
as round as a ball
lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
oblate
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL: 個|个
(idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
perfectly round
round and bulging / rotund / protruding
to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear) / to cover (for sb who has lied)
US dollar
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
tall and strong / burly / beefy
dot
round dance
rounded corner; fillet
(of animals) round and fat
radiance emanating from the head / halo
full moon
kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
waxing and waning (of the moon)
accommodating / (Buddhism) completely integrated
concentric circles / circular ripples
oval
a round vault
Korean won (unit of currency)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
spot baldness (alopecia areata)
cylinder (geometry)
cylindrical
semicircular
Yuan Ying (1878-1953), Buddhist monk
conic section
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
parentheses; round brackets ( )
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])
amphitheater
(math.) elliptic curve
completely round
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
hexagon socket head cap screw
(math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
round table conference
waltz
elliptical machine (exercise)
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
to buy the whole lot / to take everything remaining
protractor
dome
Circinus (constellation)
cone
Oval office (in the White House)
tapioca ball
inflexible / unaccommodating
to counter (a stroke in fencing)
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)

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