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打圈子

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Collocation

1
在(某个问题/某件事情)上打圈子
2
绕着……打圈子

Definition

打圈子:

Literally means:

circle; be tangled up

Actually means:

It means going round a place or circling over something.

It means being tangled up or confining oneself to certain thoughts. It also means talking about something over and over again without arriving at any constructive conclusion.

盘旋,绕圈,绕着……转

指总是局限在某个范围内考虑问题,也指围绕某件事或某个问题反复讨论商量而没有结论。

Example

Used as predicate, and be used with other words in between. (作谓语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
Liǎng
tiáo
shā
鲨鱼
rào
zhāo
men
我们
de
chuán
quānzi
圈子
  
,
qíngkuàng
情况
fēicháng
非常
wēixiǎn
危险
  

Two sharks circled around our boat and the situation was very dangerous.

2
Yóu
由于
雾气
jiào
nóng
  
,
fēi
飞机
zài
chǎng
机场
shàngkōng
上空
le
七八
quānzi
圈子
hòu
以后
cái
zhǎodào
找到
pǎodào
跑道
  

Due to the thick fog, the plane hit seven or eight circles over the airport before finding the runway.

3
jiā
他家
de
zi
鸽子
zǒngshì
总是
zài
jìn
附近
de
tiānshàng
天上
quānzi
打圈子
  
,
huì
不会
fēi
dào
tài
yuǎn
de
fāng
地方
  

His pigeons always circle in the nearby sky and don't fly too far.

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