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 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 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 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 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 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. 小洞不堵，大洞吃苦 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine 拱璧 gǒng bì a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure 方枘圆凿 方枘圓鑿 fāng ruì yuán záo to put a square peg in a round hole / incompatible (idiom) syn 橾 shū the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic) 洞孔 dòng kǒng hole 溢流孔 yì liú kǒng bleed hole / overflow pipe / spill vent 狗窦 狗竇 gǒu dòu dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves 狗窦大开 狗竇大開 gǒu dòu dà kāi dog hole wide open (idiom) / fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly) 璧玉 bì yù jade disk with a hole in the center 老鼠洞 lǎo shǔ dòng mouse hole 锚链孔 錨鏈孔 máo liàn kǒng hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship) 钻眼 鑽眼 zuān yǎn to drill a hole / drilling 龋洞 齲洞 qǔ dòng hole due to dental caries 白洞 bái dòng white hole (cosmology) 方孔钱 方孔錢 fāng kǒng qián round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China 臭氧洞 chòu yǎng dòng ozone hole 锪孔 鍃孔 huō kǒng an enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, either funnel-shaped (a countersink) or cylindrical (a counterbore) 种穴 seed-hole 井式厕所 jǐng shì cè suǒ bored-hole latrine 冕洞 miǎn dòng coronal hole 鸽笼式文件架 gē lǒng shì wén jiàn jià pigeon hole 臭氧小洞 ozone mini-hole 修复臭氧洞 repair the ozone hole 勘探钻孔 exploratory hole 伍兹·霍尔研究中心 Woods Hole Research Center 中白令海峡鳕资源养护与管理公约 Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea / Donut Hole Convention 环形洞公约 Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea / Donut Hole Convention 落水洞 sink hole 