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  *凿* | 凿* | *凿
(bound form) chisel / to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig / (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4]
HSK 7-9
definite / conclusive / undeniable / authentic / also pr. [que4 zuo4]
HSK 7-9
(rock) drilling
to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
chisel
to dig a well
(idiom) to speak with conviction
lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
to bore a hole / to give a forced interpretation
(idiom) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations
lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
incompatible (abbr. for 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿) / (literary) compatible (lit. "mortise and tenon")
to open an aperture / (extended meaning) to cut a way through / to open up a road
to scuttle (a ship)
mortise chisel
a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
rock drill
established and irrefutable (idiom)
(dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
rock quarry


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