沙坑
shā kēng
Pinyin

Definition

沙坑
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shā kēng
  1. sandbox
  2. jumping pit (athletics)
  3. sand trap, bunker (golf)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kēng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 tunnel
  4. 4 to defraud
shā fā
  1. 1 sofa (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],張|张[zhāng]
  3. 3 (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
Cháng shā
  1. 1 Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
Nán shā
  1. 1 Nansha Islands
  2. 2 Spratly Islands
  3. 3 Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
kēng rén
  1. 1 to cheat sb
kēng hài
  1. 1 to trap
  2. 2 to frame
dà kēng
  1. 1 Tai Hang District, Hong Kong
Jiān shā zuǐ
  1. 1 Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
shuǐ kēng
  1. 1 puddle
  2. 2 water hole
  3. 3 sump
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
shā dīng yú
  1. 1 sardine (loanword)
Shā Sēng
  1. 1 Sha Wujing
shā yǎ
  1. 1 hoarse
  2. 2 rough
Shā píng bà
  1. 1 Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
shā chǎng
  1. 1 sandpit
  2. 2 battleground
  3. 3 battlefield
shā zi
  1. 1 sand
  2. 2 grit
  3. 3 CL:粒[lì],把[bǎ]
Shā bā
  1. 1 Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
shā lu:4
  1. 1 salad (loanword)
shā lā
  1. 1 salad (loanword)
shā shā
  1. 1 rustle

Idioms (14)

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
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
  1. 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
  2. 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
  3. 3 to conduct a dry run
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
  1. 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
  2. 2 good and bad mingle
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
眼里容不得沙子
yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi
  1. 1 can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind
  3. 3 not prepared to turn a blind eye
聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle
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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