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The word "团团转" is formed through a combination of reduplication and vivid imagery: the character "团" means "round" or "circle," and its reduplication to "团团" intensifies the sense of something encircling or spinning continuously. This is then combined with the verb "转" (zhuàn), meaning "to turn" or "to spin," creating a dynamic phrase that literally depicts the action of turning round and round in circles. Figuratively, it is used as an idiom to describe a state of being extremely busy, flustered, or anxious, as if running around in circles without making progress, thus capturing both a physical motion and an emotional state in a single, evocative expression.

Word Definition - 团团转

tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy