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循环

xún huán · xun huan

Traditional 循環

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to cycle
  2. to circulate
  3. circle
  4. loop
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One song, all night

  1. Dengdeng

    这首(zhèshǒu)歌(gē)我(wǒ)循环(xúnhuán)了(le)一个(yīgè)晚上(wǎnshang)！

    I played this song on a loop all night.

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)不(bù)烦(fán)吗(ma)

    Aren't you tired of it?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)不是(bùshì)故意(gùyì)的(de)，我(wǒ)忘(wàng)了(le)关(guān)单曲(dānqǔ)循环(xúnhuán)！

    I didn't mean to. I forgot to turn off single-song loop.

  4. Liangliang

    所以(suǒyǐ)你(nǐ)听(tīng)了(le)一百(yībǎi)遍(biàn)吗(ma)

    So you listened a hundred times?

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)现在(xiànzài)会(huì)唱(chàng)了(le)！

    Yes. Now I can sing it.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

水(shuǐ)在(zài)自(zì)然(rán)界(jiè)中(zhōng)不(bú)断(duàn)循(xún)环(huán)。

Water circulates constantly in nature.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)程(chéng)序(xù)陷(xiàn)入(rù)了(le)死(sǐ)循(xún)环(huán)，一(yì)直(zhí)无(wú)法(fǎ)结(jié)束(shù)。

This program got stuck in an infinite loop and could never finish.

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