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 陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) syn 漏洞 lòu dòng leak / hole / gap / loophole syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin 消沉 xiāo chén to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish / to plummet syn 水槽 shuǐ cáo sink 沉没 沉沒 chén mò to sink 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 下沉 xià chén to sink down syn 沉沦 沉淪 chén lún to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall / passing syn 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 钻孔 鑽孔 zuān kǒng to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole 落水 luò shuǐ to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs syn 穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole / to perforate / (medicine) perforation syn 沦为 淪為 lún wéi to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior) syn 水坑 shuǐ kēng puddle / water hole / sump 击沉 擊沉 jī chén to attack and sink (a ship) syn 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in syn 跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel 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 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats 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 浮沉 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge 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 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn 孔径 孔徑 kǒng jìng diameter of hole 石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response syn 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics) 散热片 散熱片 sàn rè piàn heat sink 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 沉落 chén luò to sink / to fall 挖洞 wā dòng to dig a hole 洗手盆 xǐ shǒu pén bathroom sink / wash basin 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 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 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy 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 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect 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 堕 墮 duò to fall / to sink / (fig.) to degenerate syn 沦 淪 lún to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to syn 堀 kū cave / hole 弹痕 彈痕 dàn hén bullet hole / shell hole 窿 lóng cavity / hole syn 洗手池 xǐ shǒu chí bathroom sink / wash basin 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) 湮 yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1] 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 眍 瞘 kōu to sink in (of eyes) syn 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 氮吸收汇 氮吸收匯 dàn xī shōu huì nitrogen sink / nitrogen oxide sink / NOx sink 小洞不堵沉大船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. 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 低陷 dī xiàn to sink / to settle 吸碳存 xī tàn cún carbon sink 沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) 沉箱 chén xiāng caisson / sink box 洗涤槽 洗滌槽 xǐ dí cáo washing tank / sink 