洞
dòng
Pinyin

Definition

洞
 - 
dòng
  1. cave
  2. hole
  3. zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

洞
dòng
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 hole
  3. 3 zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
地洞
dì dòng
  1. 1 tunnel
  2. 2 cave
  3. 3 burrow
  4. 4 dugout
山洞
shān dòng
  1. 1 cavern
  2. 2 cave
洞口
Dòng kǒu
  1. 1 Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shào yáng], Hunan
洞天
dòng tiān
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heavenly or beautiful place
  3. 3 fairyland

Idioms (10)

小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
小洞不堵，大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng
  1. 1 lit. to pull a snake from its hole
  2. 2 to expose a malefactor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

凉屋通常傍水而建，利用机械原理将水送至屋顶，然后水流沿着屋檐往下淌，大有人工“水帘洞”的味道。
liángwū tōngcháng bàngshuǐérjiàn ，lìyòng jīxiè yuánlǐ jiāng shuǐ sòng zhì wūdǐng ，ránhòu shuǐliú yánzhe wūyán wǎng xià tǎng ，dàyǒu réngōng “shuǐliándòng ”de wèidao 。
Summer houses were built near water, and used mechanical principle to deliver water to the roof top and down the eaves creating a man made water curtain
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你真是山顶洞人啊，我们直播是面向全球的好吗？有外国粉丝的，这意思是“鱼香肉丝盖饭”，这一款蘸酱是“鱼香肉丝盖饭”口味的！
nǐ zhēn shì shāndǐngdòngrén ā ，wǒmen zhíbō shì miànxiàng quánqiú de hǎo ma ？yǒu wàiguó fěnsī de ，zhè yìsi shì “yúxiāng ròusī gàifàn ”，zhè yī kuǎn zhànjiàng shì “yúxiāng ròusī gàifàn ”kǒuwèi de ！
You really are a troglodyte! We livestream to the world, you understand? She has foreign fans. This means "Fish sauce pork strips over rice", because this dipping sauce is fish sauce park strip over rice flavour!
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语言能力之所以无法提升，并且句子漏洞百出，其实是因为你并没有真的“认得”句子里的每个单词。或者说，你的大脑，并没有储存足够多、或是足够正确的信息，让这句话里每个词汇都能无缝衔接。
yǔyán nénglì zhī suǒyǐ wúfǎ tíshēng ，bìngqiě jùzi lòudòngbǎichū ，qíshí shì yīnwèi nǐ bìng méiyǒu zhēnde “rèndé ”jùzi lǐ de měige dāncí 。huòzhěshuō ，nǐ de dànǎo ，bìng méiyǒu chǔcún zúgòu duō 、huòshì zúgòu zhèngquè de xìnxī ，ràng zhè jù huà lǐ měige cíhuì dōu néng wúfèng xiánjiē 。
If you're unable to improve your linguistic competence or if you make many errors in speech, it's actually because you really don't know every word in the sentence, or, that is to say, your brain hasn't stored up enough or the correct information to allow the sentence to come together seamlessly.
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是的，不仅如此，另一个结论是强大的引力可以造成时间变慢，因此广义相对论最有意思的一面是预测了黑洞的存在，这种密度极高的物体由于引力极强，即便是光落入其中也无法逃脱。
shì de ，bùjǐn rúcǐ ，lìng yī ge jiélùn shì qiángdà de yǐnlì kěyǐ zàochéng shíjiān biàn màn ，yīncǐ guǎngyì xiāngduìlùn zuì yǒu yìsi de yīmiàn shì yùcè le hēidòng de cúnzài ，zhèzhǒng mìdù jígāo de wùtǐ yóuyú yǐnlì jí strong ，jíbiàn shì guāng luò rù qízhōng yě wúfǎ táotuō 。
Yes, and that's not all. Another conclusion was that strong gravitational pull can make time slow. Therefore, one of the interesting aspects of the theory of general relativity is that it predicted the existence of black holes. Even light which falls on these incredibly dense objects cannot escape because of the extremely strong gravitational pull.
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那你说，那件屁股破个洞的，还要我穿吗？我又不是随便乱丢...
nà nǐ shuō ，nà jiàn pìgu pò gè dòng de ，hái yào wǒ chuān ma ？wǒ yòu bùshì suíbiàn luàn diū ...
Then say, that one with the hole in the ass, can I still wear it? It's not as if I'm just throwing everything out willy nilly...
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进洞房
jìn dòngfáng
Entering the wedding chamber
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洞房花烛红似火，夫妻恩爱万年长，鸳鸯成双又成对，家门昌盛享荣华。
dòngfánghuāzhú hóng shì huǒ ，fūqī ēnài wàn nián cháng ，yuānyang chéng shuāng yòu chéng duì ，jiāmén chāngshèng xiǎng rónghuá 。
The decorations and candles of the wedding chamber are as red as fire, and the love between man and wife is eternal. These two people have become a partnership and a couple and may they enjoy splendor and glory as a family.
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闹洞房啦！闹洞房啦！
nào dòngfáng la ！nào dòngfáng la ！
It's time to play pranks on the newlyweds! It's time to play pranks on the newlyweds!
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你这真是狗咬吕洞宾呀…
nǐ zhè zhēnshi gǒuyǎolǚdòngbīn ya …
You don’t know what’s good for you....
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龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠的儿子会打洞��
lóng shēng lóng ，fèng shēng fèng ，lǎoshǔ de érzi huì dǎdòng 。
Like parent, like child.
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