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 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 漏洞 lòu dòng leak / hole / gap / loophole syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 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 穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole / to perforate / (medicine) perforation syn 水坑 shuǐ kēng puddle / water hole / sump 信鸽 信鴿 xìn gē homing pigeon / carrier pigeon 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn 打孔 dǎ kǒng to punch a hole 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 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 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 空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics) 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 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 挖洞 wā dòng to dig a hole 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 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 鸽 鴿 gē pigeon / dove syn 窦 竇 dòu (literary) hole / aperture / (anatomy) cavity / sinus syn 堀 kū cave / hole 弹痕 彈痕 dàn hén bullet hole / shell hole 窿 lóng cavity / hole 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 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) 琮 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times 窬 yú hole in a wall 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 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 坜 壢 lì hole, pit 窋 zhú in a hole 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 红顶绿鸠 紅頂綠鳩 hóng dǐng lǜ jiū (bird species of China) whistling green pigeon / Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae) 黑林鸽 黑林鴿 hēi lín gē (bird species of China) black wood pigeon / Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) 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 鹁鸽 鵓鴿 bó gē pigeon syn 鳻 fēn the wild pigeon 传书鸽 傳書鴿 chuán shū gē carrier pigeon (used for mail) 内八字脚 內八字腳 nèi bā zì jiǎo intoeing / pigeon toes / knock-knees 雏鸽 雛鴿 chú gē squab / nestling pigeon 飞鸽 飛鴿 fēi gē Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) 紫林鸽 紫林鴿 zǐ lín gē (bird species of China) pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea) 绿皇鸠 綠皇鳩 lǜ huáng jiū (bird species of China) green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) 木豆 mù dòu pigeon pea syn 中亚鸽 中亞鴿 zhōng yà gē (bird species of China) yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni) 厚嘴绿鸠 厚嘴綠鳩 hòu zuǐ lǜ jiū (bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) 山皇鸠 山皇鳩 shān huáng jiū (bird species of China) mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia) 岩鸽 岩鴿 yán gē (bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris) 斑尾林鸽 斑尾林鴿 bān wěi lín gē (bird species of China) common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) 楔尾绿鸠 楔尾綠鳩 xiē wěi lǜ jiū (bird species of China) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus) 橙胸绿鸠 橙胸綠鳩 chéng xiōng lǜ jiū (bird species of China) orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus) 灰林鸽 灰林鴿 huī lín gē (bird species of China) ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis) 灰头绿鸠 灰頭綠鳩 huī tóu lǜ jiū (bird species of China) ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei) 红翅绿鸠 紅翅綠鳩 hóng chì lǜ jiū (bird species of China) white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) 针尾绿鸠 針尾綠鳩 zhēn wěi lǜ jiū (bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda) 雪鸽 雪鴿 xuě gē (bird species of China) snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) 黄脚绿鸠 黃腳綠鳩 huáng jiǎo lǜ jiū (bird species of China) yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus) 点斑林鸽 點斑林鴿 diǎn bān lín gē (bird species of China) speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) 竁 cuì dig a hole 焌 qū to extinguish a burning object / to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette) / to stir-fry / to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food 敜 niè to fill up or cover up a hole 埳 kǎn a pit, a hole, a snare, a danger / a crisis / a mortar 屇 tián cave / hole 一杆进洞 一桿進洞 yī gān jìn dòng (golf) hole in one 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴 qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence 小洞不堵沉大船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. 