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运转

yùn zhuǎn

2-character word Traditional 運轉

What 运转 means

1. to work
2. to operate
3. to revolve
4. to turn around

The characters in 运转

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer

Example sentences

• 引擎运转良好。
  The engine works well.
• 这些机器目前不运转。
  Zhèxiē jīqì mùqián bù yùnzhuǎn.
  These machines aren't working now.
• 让引擎持续运转，我去去就来。
  Keep the engine running. I'll be right back.
• 当它运转了，他们才看起来放心了。
  Dāng tā yùnzhuǎn le, tāmen cái kànqǐlai fàngxīn le.
  They looked relieved only when it was in motion.
• 今天我们的人造卫星正在环绕地球运转。
  Jīntiān wǒmen de rénzàowèixīng zhèngzài huánrào dìqiú yùnzhuǎn.
  Today our artificial satellites are revolving around the earth.
• 老实说，世界在运转，有用的人万里挑一。
  To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

Words containing 运转

• 时来运转shí lái yùn zhuǎnthe time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break; things change for the better