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方圆

fāng yuán · fang yuan

Traditional 方圓

Meaning

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  1. perimeter
  2. range
  3. (within) a radius of ...
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Charging in the hutong

  1. Dengdeng

    我的(wǒde)手机(shǒujī)快(kuài)没电(méidiàn)了(le)。

    My phone is about to run out of battery.

  2. Liangliang

    方圆(fāngyuán)一百米(yībǎimǐ)有(yǒu)家(jiā)咖啡店(kāfēidiàn)，去(qù)那儿(nàr)充电(chōngdiàn)吧(ba)。

    There's a café within a hundred meters. Go charge it there.

  3. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？我(wǒ)怎么(zěnme)没(méi)看见(kànjiàn)？

    Really? How come I didn't see it?

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)回头(huítóu)看(kàn)，方圆(fāngyuán)一百米(yībǎimǐ)只有(zhǐyǒu)这(zhè)一(yī)家(jiā)。

    Turn around. Within a hundred meters, there's only this one.

  5. Dengdeng

    原来(yuánlái)我(wǒ)早就(zǎojiù)站(zhàn)在(zài)门口(ménkǒu)了(le)！

    So I've been standing at its door all along!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

方(fāng)圆(yuán)十(shí)公(gōng)里(lǐ)内(nèi)没(méi)有(yǒu)一(yì)家(jiā)医(yī)院(yuàn)。

There isn't a single hospital within a ten-kilometer radius.

02

这(zhè)片(piàn)森(sēn)林(lín)方(fāng)圆(yuán)几(jǐ)百(bǎi)里(lǐ)，很(hěn)少(shǎo)有(yǒu)人(rén)进(jìn)去(qù)。

This forest covers a radius of several hundred li, and few people go inside.

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