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  *坑* | 坑* | *坑
pit; depression; hollow / tunnel; hole in the ground / (archaic) to bury alive / to hoodwink; to cheat (sb)
HSK 7-9
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  *坑* | 坑* | *坑
variant of
HSK 7-9
foundation groove / trench for building foundation
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇)
mud pit / mire / morass
puddle / water hole / sump
to swindle / to cheat
hole; hollow; depression / low-lying
hole / pit / pothole
to cheat sb
mine / mine shaft
latrine pit / cesspit
mine shaft / gallery / tunnel
to trap / to frame
pit of fire / fig. living hell
to cheat / to swindle
sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf)
latrine pit / latrine
Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
bomb crater
pitfall / pit as animal trap
pit with funerary figures / pit containing terracotta warriors
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire
sewage pit
pit prop
(idiom) all over the place / in every nook and cranny / packed to the rafters
to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
(mine) galleries and pits
meteorite crater
to swindle
tandoor
to get one's father involved in a difficult situation / (vulgar) (of sth that makes one feel misled or let down etc) to be a big disappointment
meteorite impact crater
sinkhole
Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
full of pits and hollows; bumpy
tomb pit
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger
concave depression / crater
impact crater
sand wedge (golf)
to bury alive / to ensnare
Tai Hang District, Hong Kong / Dakeng, the name of several places in Taiwan, notably a scenic hilly area of Taichung 台中
cesspit
lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible) / pitless (elevator)
Turkish toilet / squat toilet / to vacate one's bowels
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
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
uneven (road) / depression (in terrain)
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
foxhole (military)
lunar crater
variant of 茅坑
Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
foxhole


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