打转

打轉
dǎzhuàn
  1. to spin
  2. to rotate
  3. to revolve

CEDICT

to spin; to rotate; to revolve

Wiktionary

旋转、绕来绕去。元．无名氏《货郎旦．第三折》：「见一旋风儿在这榆柳园，古道边，足律律往来打转。」《西游记．第七二回》：「你去见他便了，却如何在这裡打转？」也作「打旋儿」。

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Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
2 转 zhuàn
  1. to revolve
  2. to turn
  3. to circle about
  4. to walk about
  5. classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
  6. classifier for repeated actions

Related entries

纺 fǎng
  1. to spin (cotton or hemp etc)
  2. fine woven silk fabric
纺纱 fǎngshā
  1. to spin (cotton, wool etc)
  2. spinning
绩 jì
  1. to spin (hemp etc)
  2. merit
  3. accomplishment
  4. Taiwan pr. jī
翻卷 fānjuǎn
  1. to spin
  2. to whirl around
旋转 xuánzhuǎn
  1. to rotate
  2. to revolve
  3. to spin
  4. to whirl
地球大約每三百六十五天就會圍繞太陽旋轉一周。

The earth makes one revolution around the sun in about 365 days.

Source: Tatoeba

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