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輪迴

简轮回 · 繁輪迴

Mandarin · pinyin lún huí

(Buddhism) samsara; cycle of rebirth
to recur cyclically; to succeed one another in cycles

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迴: Look up this written character
轮: lún · wheel; revolve, turn; recur
回: huí · return, turn around; a time

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2–2 · lun2 hui2

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leon4 wui4

Cantonese word readings for 輪迴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(Buddhism) samsara; transmigration; cycle of birth, death and rebirth

verb

to rotate; to cycle; to follow each other cyclically

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