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- circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个[ge4])
- classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc
- to surround; to circle
Trad. 圈內
- among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles
- to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it
- (fig.) to designate; to delineate
- (neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan
- to garner new fans
Trad. 圈錢
- (coll.) (neologism c. 2006) to extract money unscrupulously (e.g. through IPOs, fandom, or game mechanics) while offering little genuine value; to grift; to fleece
- 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
Trad. 轉圈
- 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
Trad. 繞圈子
- to go around in circles
- to make a detour
- (fig.) to beat about the bush
Trad. 鮁魚圈
- Bayuquan District of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市[Ying2 kou3 shi4], Liaoning
Trad. 設圈套
- to scam
- to set a trap
- to set up a scheme to defraud people
- swim ring
- swim tube
- (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
- Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信[Wei1 xin4])
Trad. 暴風圈
- (meteorology) storm area (area exposed to winds of force 7 or higher during a typhoon)
- (fig.) area particularly badly affected by a crisis
Trad. 羅圈兒揖
- to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
Trad. 跑馬圈地
- rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
Trad. 可圈可點
- remarkable (performance, achievement etc)
- worthy of praise
Trad. 鮁魚圈區
- Bayuquan district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
Trad. 圈圈點點
- annotations made in a book
- fig. remarks and comments
- to have an opinion on everything
Trad. 貴圈真亂
- (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
- Stonehenge stone circle
Trad. 大東亞共榮圈
- 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
Trad. 緊湊渺子線圈
- Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)