A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
A closed path, without repeated vertices allowed.
A track on which a race in held; a racetrack
By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
Memory; the ability to remember.
The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.
The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.
Request of the return of a faulty product.
The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.
To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc.
To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect.
To call again, to call another time.
To request or order the return of (a faulty product).
To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).