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around meaning in Chinese

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around (forming a circle or closed curve containing)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ə.ˈraʊnd]

围 /wéi/preposition

围着 /wéizhe/preposition

围绕 /wéirào/preposition

preposition

圍繞preposition

圍著preposition

around (near)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ə.ˈraʊnd]

近 /jìn/preposition

around the clock (all the time)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɒk]
[US: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɑːk]

夜以繼日preposition

夜以继日 /yèyǐjìrì/preposition

昼夜 /zhòu-yè/preposition

晝夜preposition

beat around the bush (to treat a topic but omit its main points)
verb
[UK: biːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə bʊʃ]
[US: ˈbiːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈbʊʃ]

兜圈子 /dōuquānzi/verb

拐弯抹角 /guǎiwānmòjiǎo/verb

拐彎抹角verb

繞圈子verb

绕圈子 /ràoquānzi/verb

轉彎抹角verb

转弯抹角 /zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo/verb

clown around (have fun in an irresponsible manner)
verb
[UK: klaʊn ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈklaʊn ə.ˈraʊnd]

胡闹 /húnào/verb

胡鬧verb

fool around (to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic))
verb
[UK: fuːl ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈfuːl ə.ˈraʊnd]

鬼混 /guǐhùn/verb

fuck around (to have sex with many partners)
verb
[UK: fʌk ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈfək ə.ˈraʊnd]

乱搞 /luàngǎo/verb

亂搞verb

胡搞 /húgǎo/verb

fuck around verb
[UK: fʌk ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈfək ə.ˈraʊnd]

瞎混 /xia hun/verb

look around (to inspect a building or area)
verb
[UK: lʊk ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈlʊk ə.ˈraʊnd]

环顾 /huángù/verb

環顧verb

run around (to be very busy)
verb

奔忙 /bēnmáng/verb

忙碌 /mánglù/verb

skirt around (circumvent)
verb

回避 /huíbì/verb

迴避verb

the other way around (same but with things reversed)
adverb

反之亦然 /fǎnzhīyìrán/adverb

反过来 /fǎnguolái/adverb

反過來adverb

turn around (to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees)
verb
[UK: tɜːn ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈtɝːn ə.ˈraʊnd]

轉身verb

转身 /zhuǎnshēn/verb

what goes around comes around (actions have consequences)
phrase
[UK: ˈwɒt ɡəʊz ə.ˈraʊnd kʌmz ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈhwʌt ɡoʊz ə.ˈraʊnd ˈkəmz ə.ˈraʊnd]

èyǒu'èbào/; 種瓜得瓜phrase

善有善報,惡有惡報phrase

善有善报,恶有恶报 /shànyǒushànbàophrase

因果循环,报应不爽。phrase

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