輪: wheel; revolve

 

輪 [轮] lún

noun
: wheel; disk; ring; steamship
: to take turns; to rotate; by turn
: revolve; recur
: measure word for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

Kun Reading

輪 | わ wa

noun
: ring; circle; loop
: hoop
: wheel
: circle (e.g. of friends)

 Usage:

輪[轮]船 lun2chuan2: steamship; steamer; ocean liner; ship
[汽船 | きせん kisen: steamship; steamboat; steamer]

輪[轮]流 lun2liu2: to alternate; to take turns

輪[轮]子 lun2zi: wheel [輪子 | りゅうご ryuugo: hourglass-shaped object
: sarugaku performance art using such an object]

輪[轮]廓 lun2kuo4: an outline; silhouette
[輪廓 | りんかく rinkaku: contour; outline; border; silhouette
: summary; outline; sketch
: looks; features; appearance]

輪[轮]胎 lun2tai1: tire; pneumatic tire

輪[轮]姦 lun2jian1: to gang rape
[輪姦 | りんかん rinkan OR まわす mawasu: to gang-rape]

法輪[轮] fa3lun2: the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism
[法輪 | ほうりん hourin: the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine]

二輪[轮] er4lun2: second round (of a match or election)
[二輪 | にりん nirin: two wheels; two flowers]

首輪[轮] shou3lun2: first round (of a competition etc)
[首輪 | くびわ kubiwa: necklace; choker]

一輪[轮] yi1lun2: first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
[一輪 | いちりん ichirin: one flower
: one wheel]

全輪[轮] quan2lun2: front wheel

Chinese personality

Fahrenheit 飛輪海 was a Taiwanese boy band formed in 2005, consisting of Jiro Wang (summer), Calvin Chen (spring), Wu Chun (autumn), and Aaron Yan (winter). The group’s music is distributed by HIM International Music in Taiwan, by WOW Music in Hong Kong and by Pony Canyon in Japan. They released a total of 4 studio albums, 3 Japanese singles, 10 soundtracks and starred in various dramas and films. On 22 June 2011, Wu Chun left the group. The remaining three members didn’t produce any new albums thereafter (2012). – wikipedia
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Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
五輪大会 | ごりんたいかい gorin taikai: Olympic Games
五輪聖火 | ごりんせいか gorin seika: Olympic torch

流転輪廻 | るてんりんね ruten rinne
OR
生死輪廻 | せいしりんね seishi rinne
OR
転生輪廻 | てんしょうりんね tenshou rinne
: (yoji) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

金輪奈落 | こんりんならく konrin naraku
: (yoji) utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock

輪を掛ける | わをかける wa o kakeru
: to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

車輪の再発明 | しゃりんのさいはつめい sharin no saihatsumei
: reinventing the wheel

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
美輪美奐 [美轮美奂] mei3 lun2 mei3 huan4
: splendid and magnificent houses; a sumptuous mansion

風水輪流轉 [风水轮流转] feng1 shui3 lun2 liu2 zhuan4
: fortunes rise and fall; times change