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yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls)
漏洞 lòu dòng leak / hole / gap / loophole
窟窿 long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt
dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4]
破洞 dòng a hole
zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
hole, pit
无孔不钻 kǒng zuān lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
凹凸 āo concave or convex / bumps and holes / uneven (surface) / rugged
口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object
小洞不补大洞吃苦 xiǎo dòng dòng chī A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
záo (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig / (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4]
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴 qiān zhī , kuì xué lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
挖坑 kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
打眼 yǎn to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
方枘圆凿 fāng ruì yuán záo lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole; to perforate / (medicine) perforation
堵死 to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up
圆孔 yuán kǒng round hole
冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse
耳洞 ěr dòng ear piercing hole; earring hole
百孔千疮 bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
一个萝卜一个坑 luó bo kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid


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