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Mandarin · pinyin zhuàn lún

rotating disk
wheel
rotor
cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism

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转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
轮: lún · wheel; revolve, turn; recur

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4–2 · zhuan4 lun2

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verb

(Southern Min) to move up and down, left and right (of the eyeball)
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to recover consciousness

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