转轮
zhuàn lún
Pinyin

Definition

转轮
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zhuàn lún
  1. rotating disk
  2. wheel
  3. rotor
  4. cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

轮
lún
  1. 1 wheel
  2. 2 disk
  3. 3 ring
  4. 4 steamship
  5. 5 to take turns
  6. 6 to rotate
  7. 7 by turn
  8. 8 classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
转
zhuǎi
  1. 1 see 轉文|转文[zhuǎi wén]
转发
zhuǎn fā
  1. 1 to transmit
  2. 2 to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data)
  3. 3 to pass on
  4. 4 to republish (an article from another publication)
转盘
zhuàn pán
  1. 1 turntable
  2. 2 rotary (traffic)
转眼
zhuǎn yǎn
  1. 1 in a flash
  2. 2 in the blink of an eye
  3. 3 to glance
转给
zhuǎn gěi
  1. 1 to pass on to
转身
zhuǎn shēn
  1. 1 (of a person) to turn round
  2. 2 to face about
  3. 3 (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
转载
zhuǎn zǎi
  1. 1 to forward (a shipment)
  2. 2 to reprint sth published elsewhere
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [zhuǎn zài]
三轮车
sān lún chē
  1. 1 pedicab
  2. 2 tricycle
中转
zhōng zhuǎn
  1. 1 to change (train or plane)
  2. 2 transfer
  3. 3 correspondence
倒转
dào zhuǎn
  1. 1 to make an about-turn
  2. 2 to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc
  3. 3 to turn things on their head
反转
fǎn zhuǎn
  1. 1 reversal
  2. 2 inversion
  3. 3 to reverse
  4. 4 to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
右转
yòu zhuǎn
  1. 1 to turn right
回心转意
huí xīn zhuǎn yì
  1. 1 to change one's mind (idiom)
回转
huí zhuǎn
  1. 1 to rotate
  2. 2 to turn round
  3. 3 slalom
团团转
tuán tuán zhuàn
  1. 1 to go round and round
  2. 2 running around in circles
  3. 3 fig. frantically busy
天旋地转
tiān xuán dì zhuàn
  1. 1 the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning
  2. 2 fig. huge changes in the world
好转
hǎo zhuǎn
  1. 1 to improve
  2. 2 to take a turn for the better
  3. 3 improvement
婉转
wǎn zhuǎn
  1. 1 (voice, music) suave
  2. 2 mellow
  3. 3 (speech) indirect
  4. 4 tactful
左转
zuǒ zhuǎn
  1. 1 to turn left

Idioms (20)

丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
回心转意
huí xīn zhuǎn yì
  1. 1 to change one's mind (idiom)
天摇地转
tiān yáo dì zhuǎn
  1. 1 lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves
  2. 2 momentous changes are underway (idiom)
天旋地转
tiān xuán dì zhuàn
  1. 1 the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning
  2. 2 fig. huge changes in the world
峰回路转
fēng huí lù zhuǎn
  1. 1 the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a mountain road) twisting and turning
  3. 3 fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
  4. 4 things have taken a new turn
急转直下
jí zhuǎn zhí xià
  1. 1 to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
时来运转
shí lái yùn zhuǎn
  1. 1 the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break
  2. 2 things change for the better
法轮常转
Fǎ lún cháng zhuàn
  1. 1 the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
珠流璧转
zhū liú bì zhuǎn
  1. 1 lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time
  2. 2 water under the bridge
目不转睛
mù bù zhuǎn jīng
  1. 1 unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily
  2. 2 to stare
目不转瞬
mù bù zhuǎn shùn
  1. 1 gazing fixedly (idiom)
眼不转睛
yǎn bù zhuàn jīng
  1. 1 with fixed attention (idiom)
美轮美奂
měi lún měi huàn
  1. 1 (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)
见风转舵
jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò
  1. 1 lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
  2. 2 to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
转危为安
zhuǎn wēi wéi ān
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
转圜余地
zhuǎn huán yú dì
  1. 1 to have room to save a situation
  2. 2 margin for error (idiom)
转悲为喜
zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐ
  1. 1 to turn grief into happiness (idiom)
转战千里
zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ
  1. 1 fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country
  2. 2 never-ending struggle

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