Chinese Word: 圜 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

圜Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 16; Radical: 囗

Ideographic:A round 睘 fence 囗

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Pinyin: huán

English Definition:circle; encircle

Chinese Definition:
①围绕：转(zhu僴)圜。圜流九十里。

Example Words:

转圜	zhuǎn huán	to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede
转圜余地	zhuǎn huán yú dì	to have room to save a situation; margin for error (idiom)
圜阓中人	huán huì zhōng rén	shopkeepers

Pinyin: yuán

English Definition:circle; round

Chinese Definition:
①同“圆”。
②指天体：“圜则九重，孰营度之？”

1		tā men 他们 yīn 因 zhèng zhì 政治 huó dòng 活动 ér 而 bèi 被 tóu rù 投入 líng yǔ 囹圄， huò 或 sǐ wáng 死亡， huò 或 bèi 被 shì fàng 释放， huò 或 réng 仍 chù 处 huán 圜 tǔ 土。 For their politics, they were put in prison. Some died, some were released, and some are still there.
2		tā 他 chéng gōng 成功 de 地 qiāng 将 jiān yù 监狱 yóu 由 cháo xiào 嘲笑 de 的 huán 圜 tǔ 土 biàn wéi 变为 jié rì 节日 de 的 huān 欢 tǔ 土， cóng bù 从不 jù pà 惧怕 chóng huí 重回 jiān láo 监牢。 He successfully transformed the prison from a place of derision to a center of festive reunion, never flinching to return to captivity.