坑坎
kēng kǎn
Pinyin

Definition

坑坎
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kēng kǎn
  1. uneven (road)
  2. depression (in terrain)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kēng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 tunnel
  4. 4 to defraud
kǎn kě
  1. 1 bumpy (of a road)
  2. 2 rough (of life)
  3. 3 to be down on one's luck
  4. 4 to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
kēng rén
  1. 1 to cheat sb
xīn kǎn
  1. 1 bottom of one's heart
āo kēng
  1. 1 concave depression
  2. 2 crater
kǎn
  1. 1 pit
  2. 2 threshold
  3. 3 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water
  4. 4
kǎn r5
  1. 1 critical juncture
  2. 2 key moment
kǎn kǎn
  1. 1 (dialect) just now
kǎn kě bù píng
  1. 1 potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
Kǎn chéng
  1. 1 Cannes, France (Tw)
kǎn zi
  1. 1 raised ground
  2. 2 bank
Kǎn kūn
  1. 1 Cancún
Kǎn tè bó léi
  1. 1 Canterbury
kǎn jiān
  1. 1 sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
  2. 2 Chinese waistcoat
Kǎn bèi ěr
  1. 1 Campbell (name)
Kēng kǒu
  1. 1 Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
kēng keng wā wā
  1. 1 bumpy
  2. 2 full of potholes
kēng hài
  1. 1 to trap
  2. 2 to frame
kēng shā
  1. 1 to bury alive
  2. 2 to ensnare
kēng dòng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 pothole

Idioms (6)

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
坎坷不平
kǎn kě bù píng
  1. 1 potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
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
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

Sample Sentences