眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn 漏洞 lòu dòng leak / hole / gap / loophole syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 钻孔 鑽孔 zuān kǒng to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole / to perforate / (medicine) perforation syn 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn 水坑 shuǐ kēng puddle / water hole / sump 采石场 採石場 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 打孔 dǎ kǒng to punch a hole 无底洞 無底洞 wú dǐ dòng bottomless pit 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit / latrine syn 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts syn 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom) syn 坑洞 kēng dòng hole / pit / pothole 泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass syn 龟缩 龜縮 guī suō to withdraw / to hole up syn 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object syn 打眼 dǎ yǎn to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous syn 蝮蛇 fù shé Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 孔径 孔徑 kǒng jìng diameter of hole 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 矿车 礦車 kuàng chē miner's cart / pit truck 空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics) 井下 jǐng xià underground / in the pit (mining) 挖坑 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project 堵死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 充填 chōng tián to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled syn 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 破洞 pò dòng a hole 圆孔 圓孔 yuán kǒng round hole 打洞 dǎ dòng to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow 矿场 礦場 kuàng chǎng a mine / pit 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 挖洞 wā dòng to dig a hole 火塘 huǒ táng indoor fire pit 洞 dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn 堵 dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) syn 窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn 孔 kǒng hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings syn 坎 埳 kǎn old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole syn 穴 xué cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4] syn 弹孔 彈孔 dàn kǒng bullet hole 窟 kū cave / hole syn 凿 鑿 záo (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel / to dig / (literary) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4] syn 窍 竅 qiào hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) syn 窦 竇 dòu (literary) hole / aperture / (anatomy) cavity / sinus syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 堀 kū cave / hole 弹痕 彈痕 dàn hén bullet hole / shell hole 窿 lóng cavity / hole syn 探井 tàn jǐng (mining) test pit / exploratory shaft / test well 硐 dòng variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit 白花蛇 bái huā shé long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) syn 陷坑 xiàn kēng pitfall / pit as animal trap syn 排水口 pái shuǐ kǒu plughole / drainage hole 孔眼 kǒng yǎn hole (e.g. of sieve or colander) 穿凿 穿鑿 chuān záo to bore a hole / to give a forced interpretation 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn 孔穴 kǒng xué aperture / hole / cavity syn 打孔器 dǎ kǒng qì hole puncher 扩孔 擴孔 kuò kǒng to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole) 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 琮 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times 凼 dàng pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 窬 yú hole in a wall 腘 膕 guó knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine) 埯 ǎn hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble 坑洼 坑窪 kēng wā hole / hollow / depression / low-lying 墓坑 mù kēng tomb pit 鼻儿 鼻兒 bí r eye / a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion syn 镩 鑹 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud 窋 zhú in a hole 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire syn 一个萝卜一个坑 一個蘿蔔一個坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid 无孔不钻 無孔不鑽 wú kǒng bù zuān lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom) / to latch on to every opportunity 筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 俑坑 yǒng kēng pit with funerary figures / pit containing terracotta warriors 干坑式厕所 dry-pit latrine / dry pit 埳 kǎn a pit, a hole, a snare, a danger / a crisis / a mortar 臽 xiàn (archaic) pit / hole in the ground / old variant of 陷[xian4] 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 中白令海环形洞 Central Bering Sea Donut Hole / Donut Hole 耳洞 ěr dòng ear piercing hole / earring hole 耳朵眼儿 耳朵眼兒 ěr duo yǎn r earhole / ear piercing hole / earring hole 凹洞 āo dòng cavity / pit 窞 dàn pit / cave 阬 kēng pit / to defraud 渗坑 滲坑 shèn kēng sewage pit 溛 wā to form hollow / pit 