团团转
tuán tuán zhuàn
Pinyin

Definition

团团转
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tuán tuán zhuàn
  1. to go round and round
  2. running around in circles
  3. fig. frantically busy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

团
tuán
  1. 1 round
  2. 2 lump
  3. 3 ball
  4. 4 to roll into a ball
  5. 5 to gather
  6. 6 regiment
  7. 7 group
  8. 8 society
  9. 9 classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
团圆
tuán yuán
  1. 1 to have a reunion
团聚
tuán jù
  1. 1 to reunite
  2. 2 to have a reunion
团购
tuán gòu
  1. 1 group buying
  2. 2 collective buying
  3. 3 buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group
团队
tuán duì
  1. 1 team
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]
集团
jí tuán
  1. 1 group
  2. 2 bloc
  3. 3 corporation
  4. 4 conglomerate
一团糟
yī tuán zāo
  1. 1 chaos
  2. 2 bungle
  3. 3 complete mess
  4. 4 shambles
中转
zhōng zhuǎn
  1. 1 to change (train or plane)
  2. 2 transfer
  3. 3 correspondence
代表团
dài biǎo tuán
  1. 1 delegation
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
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
合唱团
hé chàng tuán
  1. 1 chorus
  2. 2 choir
回心转意
huí xīn zhuǎn yì
  1. 1 to change one's mind (idiom)

Idioms (20)

一团和气
yī tuán hé qì
  1. 1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 warm and affable
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)
花团锦簇
huā tuán jǐn cù
  1. 1 brightly colored decorations (idiom)
  2. 2 splendid
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

Sample Sentences

我不需要伺候。你们都围着我团团转，我反而不自在。我不想呆在家里了，我要去上班！
wǒ bù xūyào cìhou 。nǐmen dōu wéi zhe wǒ tuántuánzhuàn ，wǒ fǎn ér bù zìzài 。wǒ bù xiǎng dāi zài jiāli le ，wǒ yào qù shàngbān ！
I don't need people to wait on me. Having you guys surrounding me everywhere actually makes me uncomfortable. I don't want to stay at home anymore. I want to go out and go to work!
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如果做什么都有护士带着，病人和家属就不会急得团团转了。我们的医院啥时候能有那么好的服务啊？
rúguǒ zuò shénme dōu yǒu hùshi dài zhe ，bìngrén hé jiāshǔ jiù bù huì jí de tuántuánzhuàn le 。wǒmen de yīyuàn shá shíhou néng yǒu nàme hǎo de fúwù a ？
If there's a nurse there for everything, patients and their families won't have to run around so anxiously. When will our hospitals be able to have such good service?
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