坑洞
kēng dòng
Pinyin

Definition

坑洞
 - 
kēng dòng
  1. hole
  2. pit
  3. pothole

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坑
kēng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 tunnel
  4. 4 to defraud
坑人
kēng rén
  1. 1 to cheat sb
大坑
dà kēng
  1. 1 Tai Hang District, Hong Kong
山洞
shān dòng
  1. 1 cavern
  2. 2 cave
洞
dòng
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 hole
  3. 3 zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
洞察
dòng chá
  1. 1 to see clearly
洞悉
dòng xī
  1. 1 to clearly understand
洞房
dòng fáng
  1. 1 secret inner room
  2. 2 bridal room
洞穴
dòng xué
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 cavern
漏洞
lòu dòng
  1. 1 leak
  2. 2 hole
  3. 3 gap
  4. 4 loophole
破洞
pò dòng
  1. 1 a hole
空洞
kōng dòng
  1. 1 cavity
  2. 2 empty
  3. 3 vacuous
耳洞
ěr dòng
  1. 1 pierced ear
黑洞
hēi dòng
  1. 1 (astronomy) black hole
冰洞
bīng dòng
  1. 1 hole in ice
  2. 2 crevasse
凹坑
āo kēng
  1. 1 concave depression
  2. 2 crater
凹洞
āo dòng
  1. 1 cavity
  2. 2 pit
别有洞天
bié yǒu dòng tiān
  1. 1 place of charm and beauty
  2. 2 scenery of exceptional charm
  3. 3 completely different world
吕洞宾
Lu:3 Dòng bīn
  1. 1 Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Bā xiān]
地洞
dì dòng
  1. 1 tunnel
  2. 2 cave
  3. 3 burrow
  4. 4 dugout

Idioms (15)

一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
小洞不堵，大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 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
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng
  1. 1 lit. to pull a snake from its hole
  2. 2 to expose a malefactor (idiom)
洞房花烛
dòng fáng huā zhú
  1. 1 bridal room and ornamented candles
  2. 2 wedding festivities (idiom)
洞若观火
dòng ruò guān huǒ
  1. 1 clear as a flame (idiom); to see things absolutely clearly
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) all over the place
  2. 2 in every nook and cranny
  3. 3 packed to the rafters
漏洞百出
lòu dòng bǎi chū
  1. 1 lit. one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)
狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心
gǒu yǎo Lu:3 Dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn
  1. 1 a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
  2. 2 to ill reward a person's kindness
空洞无物
kōng dòng wú wù
  1. 1 empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance
  2. 2 nothing new to show
跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng
  1. 1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
  2. 2 to free oneself from a life of torture
跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng
  1. 1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
  1. 1 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
  2. 2 out of the frying pan into the fire

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