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to revolve around
twisting
to surround
to take a circular
to go the long way round
to detour
to orbit the Earth
thorny issue
winding
to make a detour
to go by a roundabout route
coil
Notice where 绕 sits in each complete thought.
The word came to be used for all small heavenly bodies revolving about larger ones.
Source: Tatoeba #13881251 · CC BY 2.0 FRIt's gravity that makes satellites move around the Earth.
Source: Tatoeba #1582748 · CC BY 2.0 FRModern travel enables us to go around the world in a few days.
Source: Tatoeba #334046 · CC BY 2.0 FRWhat percentage of all taxi drivers make unscrupulous detours, do you think?
Source: Tatoeba #795960 · CC BY 2.0 FRThere are daisies around the steel building.
Source: Tatoeba #4844805 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe mountains were all around the city.
Source: Tatoeba #686610 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.