巢穴
cháo xué
Pinyin
Definition
巢穴
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- lair
- nest
- den
- hideout
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
倾巢来犯
- 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
倾巢而出
- 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴
- 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
- 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
空穴来风
- 1 lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
- 2 fig. unfounded (story)
- 3 baseless (claim)