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

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