转轮 (zhuàn lún) — (mechanics) rotating disk, wheel, rotor; (Buddhism) the wheel of reincarnation, cycle of samsara

Definition

A technical/religious term: literally 'rotating wheel.' In mechanics, a spinning disk or rotor; in Buddhism, the wheel of samsara — the cycle of rebirth through the six realms.

noun
(mechanics) rotating diskwheelrotor(Buddhism) the wheel of reincarnationcycle of samsara
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Examples

  • 转轮
    Zhè tái jī qì de zhuàn lún zhuàn sù fēi cháng kuài.
    The rotor of this machine rotates very fast.
  • 转轮
    Fó jiào rèn wéi shēng mìng zài liù dào zhuàn lún zhōng bú duàn lún huí.
    Buddhism believes that life continuously reincarnates within the six-realm wheel.
  • 转轮
    Tā shōu cáng le yì bǎ lǎo shì zhuàn lún shǒu qiāng.
    He collected an old-style revolver.

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