窟窿
kū long
Pinyin

Definition

窟窿
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kū long
  1. hole
  2. pocket
  3. cavity
  4. loophole
  5. debt

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

魔窟
mó kū
  1. 1 lit. nest of devils
  2. 2 place occupied by sinister forces
吴哥窟
Wú gē kū
  1. 1 Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia
石窟
shí kū
  1. 1 rock cave
  2. 2 grotto
  3. 3 cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
窟窿
kū long
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pocket
  3. 3 cavity
  4. 4 loophole
  5. 5 debt
贫民窟
pín mín kū
  1. 1 slum housing
大耳窿
dà ěr lóng
  1. 1 loan shark
  2. 2 usurer
洞窟
dòng kū
  1. 1 a cave
狡兔三窟
jiǎo tù sān kū
  1. 1 lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
  2. 2 a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)
穹窿
qióng lóng
  1. 1 a dome
  2. 2 a vault
  3. 3 the sky
窟
kū
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 hole
窿
lóng
  1. 1 cavity
  2. 2 hole
莫高窟
Mò gāo kū
  1. 1 Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
麦积山石窟
Mài jī Shān Shí kū
  1. 1 Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu

Idioms (1)

狡兔三窟
jiǎo tù sān kū
  1. 1 lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
  2. 2 a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)

Sample Sentences

结果这座撑天的山就被撞塌了，半边天也塌了下来。天上出现了一个巨大的窟窿，大地也被震得四分五裂。
jiéguǒ zhè zuò chēng tiān de shān jiù bèi zhuàng tā le ，bànbiāntiān yě tā le xiàlai 。tiānshàng chūxiàn le yī gè jùdà de kūlong ，dàdì yě bèi zhèn de sìfēnwǔliè 。
As a result, this mountain which held up Heaven was toppled as well as half of the sky. A massive hole was left in the sky and the earth was shaken and split to pieces.
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女娲见人类遭受如此巨大灾难，十分着急。她抱起身边的大石，飞上天，试图将窟窿补上。可是石头一下子就掉了下来。
Nǚwā jiàn rénlèi zāoshòu rúcǐ jùdà zāinàn ，shífēn zháojí 。tā bào qǐ shēnbiān de dà shí ，fēi shàng tiān ，shìtú jiāng kūlong bǔ shàng 。kěshì shítou yīxiàzi jiù diào le xiàlai 。
When Nu Wa saw humanity experiencing such great catastrophe, she was very worried. She took a large stone to her side and flew up to the sky to try to patch up the hole, but the stone just fell out when she tried.
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要想将窟窿补上就必须用一种特殊的石头。所以她决心炼石补天。
yào xiǎng jiāng kūlong bǔ shàng jiù bìxū yòng yīzhǒng tèshū de shítou 。suǒyǐ tā juéxīn liànshíbǔtiān 。
If she wanted to mend the sky she would need a special kind of stone, so she set out determinedly to smelt stones to patch up the sky.
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