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The character "辗", whose traditional form is "輾", is etymologically structured from the radical for "vehicle" (車) combined with the phonetic and semantic component "展", which carries connotations of unfolding or extending. This composition originally pointed to the action of a wheeled vehicle turning or revolving, capturing a specific sense of rotary motion. Over time, its application broadened beyond literal wheel movement to describe any rolling or overturning action, as well as a state of being tossed about, which led to its use in describing restless movement, such as turning over in sleep. This semantic expansion is most clearly preserved in the classical compound "輾轉" (simplified as "辗转"), which conveys the idea of tossing and turning or an indirect, meandering passage, thus illustrating the character's development from a concrete mechanical action to more abstract and figurative uses pertaining to circulation and agitation.
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他在床上辗转了很久。
我辗转多个城市工作。
这本书辗转到了我的手中。
她辗转联系到了老朋友。
经过辗转运输，货物终于到达。
他在事业上辗转多年，终于成功。
这幅画辗转流传，故事曲折。
尽管辗转于各国之间，他始终保持着文化交流的热情。