孔穴
kǒng xué
Pinyin

Definition

孔穴
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kǒng xué
  1. aperture
  2. hole
  3. cavity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Kǒng
  1. 1 surname Kong
Kǒng zǐ
  1. 1 Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kǒng fū zǐ]
kǒng què
  1. 1 peacock
máo kǒng
  1. 1 pore
miàn kǒng
  1. 1 face
qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng
  1. 1 see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng]
tài yáng xué
  1. 1 temple (on the sides of human head)
Kǒng míng
  1. 1 courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhū gě Liàng]
kǒng míng dēng
  1. 1 sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
Kǒng Róng
  1. 1 Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period
chā kǒng
  1. 1 jack
  2. 2 socket
dòng xué
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 cavern
tóng kǒng
  1. 1 pupil (of eye)
xué
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 cavity
  3. 3 hole
  4. 4 acupuncture point
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [xuè]
xué wèi
  1. 1 acupuncture point
kōng xué lái fēng
  1. 1 lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unfounded (story)
  3. 3 baseless (claim)
chuān kǒng
  1. 1 to punch or bore a hole
  2. 2 to perforate
  3. 3 perforation
liǎn kǒng
  1. 1 face
diǎn xué
  1. 1 to hit a pressure point (martial arts)
  2. 2 dim mak
  3. 3 see also 點脈|点脉[diǎn mài]
bí kǒng
  1. 1 nostril
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]

Idioms (7)

一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
孔武有力
kǒng wǔ yǒu lì
  1. 1 courageous and strong (idiom)
  2. 2 Herculean (physique etc)
无孔不钻
wú kǒng bù zuān
  1. 1 lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
空穴来风
kōng xué lái fēng
  1. 1 lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unfounded (story)
  3. 3 baseless (claim)
空穴来风未必无因
kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn
  1. 1 wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
  2. 2 there's no smoke without fire (idiom)

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