The word **转圈 (zhuànquān)** is a verb-object compound formed by combining the verb **转 (zhuàn)**, meaning "to turn" or "to rotate," with the noun **圈 (quān)**, meaning "circle" or "ring." The construction follows the common Chinese syntactic pattern where an action is directly applied to its object, literally meaning "to turn circles." This combination creates a single lexical unit that describes the physical act of moving in a circular path, and by extension, it is often used metaphorically to describe engaging in repetitive, unproductive, or cyclical actions, much like the English idiom "going around in circles."