围绕

wéi rào · wei rao

Traditional 圍繞

Meaning

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  1. to revolve around
  2. to center on (an issue)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)许(xǔ)多(duō)雏(chú)菊(jú)围(wéi)绕(rào)着(zhe)钢(gāng)铁(tiě)大(dà)厦(shà)。

There are daisies around the steel building.

Tatoeba: Chinese by pig8322 · English by derpapottamus · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(gè)词(cí)后(hòu)来(lái)被(bèi)用(yòng)来(lái)指(zhǐ)代(dài)围(wéi)绕(rào)大(dà)天(tiān)体(tǐ)的(de)小(xiǎo)天(tiān)体(tǐ)。

The word came to be used for all small heavenly bodies revolving about larger ones.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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