坑洼 (坑窪)
kēng wā
Pinyin

Definition

坑洼 (坑窪)
 - 
kēng wā
  1. pothole
  2. dip in the road

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坑
kēng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 tunnel
  4. 4 to defraud
凹坑
āo kēng
  1. 1 concave depression
  2. 2 crater
坑人
kēng rén
  1. 1 to cheat sb
坑口
Kēng kǒu
  1. 1 Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
坑坑洼洼
kēng keng wā wā
  1. 1 bumpy
  2. 2 full of potholes

Idioms (5)

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
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

发展中小城市啊。你以为8亿农民都来上海啊？你看现在农村真的大变样了，跟附近的城市都连成一体了。去年我们回老家，我都不认识你们村进村的那条小路了。我第一次去的时候那条路坑坑洼洼的，现在，哇，八车道，多宽敞，多气派，比城市还城市。
fāzhǎn zhōng xiǎochéngshì a 。nǐ yǐwéi bā yì nóngmín dōu lái Shànghǎi a ？nǐ kàn xiànzài nóngcūn zhēnde dàbiànyàng le ，gēn fùjìn de chéngshì dōu lián chéng yī tǐ le 。qùnián wǒmen huí lǎojiā ，wǒ dōu bù rènshi nǐmen cūn jìn cūn de nà tiáo xiǎolù le 。wǒ dì yī cì qù de shíhou nà tiáo lù kēngkēngwāwā de ，xiànzài ，wa ，bā chēdào ，duō kuānchǎng ，duō qìpài ，bǐ chéngshì hái chéngshì 。
The smaller cities are under development. Do you think 800 million people are all coming to Shanghai? You can see that the countryside has really changed quite a lot. Nearby cities have all been connected together. Last year when we went home, I didn't recognize the road that leads to your village. The first time I went there, that road was full of potholes. Now - whoa! - it's eight lanes, wide and grand. It's just like what you'd find in the city.
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