打洞 dǎ dòng to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow 刺耳 cì ěr ear-piercing syn 如雷贯耳 如雷貫耳 rú léi guàn ěr lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom) syn 满面 滿面 mǎn miàn across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear 木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn 笑容可掬 xiào róng kě jū smiling wholeheartedly (idiom) / beaming from ear to ear syn 喜笑颜开 喜笑顏開 xǐ xiào yán kāi grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness syn 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 耳旁风 耳旁風 ěr páng fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 馘 guó (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy 耳边风 耳邊風 ěr biān fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 满脸生花 滿臉生花 mǎn liǎn shēng huā all smiles / beaming from ear to ear 镫骨 鐙骨 dèng gǔ stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear 合不拢嘴 合不攏嘴 hé bù lǒng zuǐ unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc / grinning from ear to ear / mouth agape / gobsmacked syn 耳根 ěr gēn base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing syn 圆窗 圓窗 yuán chuāng (anatomy) round window (one of the two openings from the middle ear into the inner ear) 钻孔 鑽孔 zuān kǒng to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole 埯 ǎn hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble 小洞不堵，大洞受苦 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom) / A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不堵，大洞难补 小洞不堵，大洞難補 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom) / A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补大洞吃苦 小洞不補大洞吃苦 xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine 弹痕 彈痕 dàn hén bullet hole / shell hole 中白令海环形洞 Central Bering Sea Donut Hole / Donut Hole 刺骨 cì gǔ piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) syn 尖利 jiān lì sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing syn 穿甲弹 穿甲彈 armour-piercing ammunition / AP ammunition 尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn 眭 suī to have a deep or piercing gaze syn 火眼金睛 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng piercing eyes / discerning eyes 两肋插刀 兩肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it 刺中 cì zhòng to hit with a piercing blow 明邃 míng suì glistening and piercing 破甲弹 破甲彈 pò jiǎ dàn armor piercing shell 舌钉 舌釘 shé dīng tongue ring / tongue piercing 穿甲燃烧弹 armour-piercing incendiary ammunition / API ammunition 穿甲 chuān jiǎ armour-piercing 穿刺皮肤的手术 穿刺皮膚的手術 skin-piercing procedure 鼻钉 鼻釘 bí dīng nose stud / nose piercing 耳朵 ěr duo ear / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4] / handle (on a cup) syn 迷路 mí lù to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) syn 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 震耳欲聋 震耳欲聾 zhèn ěr yù lóng ear-splitting (idiom) / deafening syn 耳语 耳語 ěr yǔ to whisper in sb's ear / a whisper syn 不绝于耳 不絕於耳 bù jué yú ěr (of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on syn 棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn 耳膜 ěr mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 侧耳 側耳 cè ěr to bend an ear (to) / to listen 交头接耳 交頭接耳 jiāo tóu jiē ěr to whisper to one another's ear syn 听写 聽寫 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear 银耳 銀耳 yín ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus syn 震耳 zhèn ěr ear-splitting 充耳不闻 充耳不聞 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear syn 麦穗 麥穗 mài suì ear of wheat 置若罔闻 置若罔聞 zhì ruò wǎng wén to turn a deaf ear to (idiom) / to pretend not to hear syn 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 耳饰 耳飾 ěr shì ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc) 附耳 fù ěr to approach sb's ear (to whisper) 耳鼓 ěr gǔ eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane syn 顺耳 順耳 shùn ěr pleasing to the ear syn 内耳 內耳 nèi ěr inner ear syn 听而不闻 聽而不聞 tīng ér bù wén to hear but not react (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately syn 外耳道 wài ěr dào external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜 syn 稻穗 dào suì rice ear 中耳 zhōng ěr middle ear syn 咬耳朵 yǎo ěr duo (coll.) to whisper in sb's ear syn 逆耳 nì ěr unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths) syn 外耳 wài ěr outer ear syn 咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube 鼓室 gǔ shì tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) syn 耳 ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese) syn 爱耳日 愛耳日 ài ěr rì Ear Care Day (March 3) 屎 shǐ feces / excrement / a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc) syn 穗 suì ear of grain / fringe / tassel syn 鳆 鰒 fù Haliotis gigantea / sea ear syn 聝 guó cut off the left ear of the slain 擗 pǐ (literary) to beat the breast / to break off / to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc) syn 穟 suì ear of grain 秋风过耳 秋風過耳 qiū fēng guò ěr lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom) / not in the least concerned syn 见机行事 見機行事 jiàn jī xíng shì see the opportunity and act (idiom) / to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion syn 逆耳之言 nì ěr zhī yán speech that grates on the ear (idiom) / bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear) 倾耳细听 傾耳細聽 qīng ěr xì tīng to prick up one's ear and listen carefully 马耳东风 馬耳東風 mǎ ěr dōng fēng lit. the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom) / fig. words one pays no heed to 当耳旁风 當耳旁風 dàng ěr páng fēng lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard 当耳边风 當耳邊風 dàng ěr biān fēng lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard 瑱 tiàn (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up 琠 diǎn gem used as ear plug / jade earrings 倾耳 傾耳 qīng ěr to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively 前庭窗 qián tíng chuāng fenestra vestibuli (of inner ear) 卵圆窗 卵圓窗 luǎn yuán chuāng (anatomy) oval window (between the middle and inner ear) 果穗 guǒ suì ear (of corn or sorghum etc) / bunch (of grapes) / infructescence 砧骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone 谷穗 穀穗 gǔ suì ear of grain / gerbe (used on coats of arms) 耳鼻咽喉 ěr bí yān hóu ear nose and throat / otolaryngology 聒耳 guō ěr raucous / ear-splitting syn 听小骨 聽小骨 tīng xiǎo gǔ ossicles (of the middle ear) / three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨|镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨|锤骨 听骨 聽骨 tīng gǔ ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨 听骨链 聽骨鏈 tīng gǔ liàn chain of ossicles (in the middle ear) 蓝耳病 藍耳病 lán ěr bìng porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) / blue-ear swine fever 