打洞 dǎ dòng to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow 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 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 大爆炸 dà bào zhà Big Bang (cosmology) 宇宙学 宇宙學 yǔ zhòu xué cosmology 稳态理论 穩態理論 wěn tài lǐ lùn the steady-state theory (cosmology) 多元宇宙 duō yuán yǔ zhòu multiverse (cosmology) 宇宙生成论 宇宙生成論 yǔ zhòu shēng chéng lùn cosmology 白领 白領 bái lǐng white-collar / white-collar worker 洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white / pure white syn 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash 白皮书 白皮書 bái pí shū white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 白蛇传 白蛇傳 bái shé zhuàn Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake 汉白玉 漢白玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting 皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn 白蜡 白蠟 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 白痢 bái lì dysentery characterized by white mucous stool / white diarrhea 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn 虫白蜡 蟲白蠟 chóng bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 虫蜡 蟲蠟 chóng là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 奶汤 奶湯 nǎi tāng white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine 精白 jīng bái pure white / spotlessly white 白大衣高血压 白大衣高血壓 bái dà yī gāo xuè yā white coat hypertension / white coat syndrome 白虎观 白虎觀 bái hǔ guàn White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn 米白色 mǐ bái sè off-white / creamy white 白皮猪 白皮豬 bái pí zhū (derog.) white person / white pig 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 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole / to perforate / (medicine) perforation syn 打孔 dǎ kǒng to punch a hole 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 孔径 孔徑 kǒng jìng diameter of hole 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 龟缩 龜縮 guī suō to withdraw / to hole up syn 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object syn 水坑 shuǐ kēng puddle / water hole / sump 坑洞 kēng dòng hole / pit / pothole 挖洞 wā dòng to dig a hole 打眼 dǎ yǎn to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous syn 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 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics) 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom) 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) 洞 dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 孔 kǒng hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings 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 穴 xué cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4] 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 坎 埳 kǎn old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole syn 凿 鑿 záo (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel / to dig / (literary) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4] syn 窦 竇 dòu (literary) hole / aperture / (anatomy) cavity / sinus syn 窟 kū cave / hole syn 窍 竅 qiào hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) syn 窿 lóng cavity / hole syn 琮 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times 堀 kū cave / hole 窬 yú hole in a wall 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 鼻儿 鼻兒 bí r eye / a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion syn 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 弹孔 彈孔 dàn kǒng bullet 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 坑洼 坑窪 kēng wā hole / hollow / depression / low-lying 小洞不堵沉大船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. 