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abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子
opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius
Confucius and Mencius
courageous and strong (idiom) / Herculean (physique etc)
manhole
perforations (on a postage stamp)
Confucian temple
the Sage Confucius
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子
pore
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
jack / socket
small hole in an object
Pavo (constellation)
Confucius
pupil (of the eye)
Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
air-bubble / pore / stoma
(zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges)
to punch a hole; to perforate / (medicine) perforation
Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances
courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
pore
pore (geology)
peafowl; peacock
(Tw) grommet
partial view; limited outlook
Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
mesh
Confucius Institute (abbr. for 孔子學院|孔子学院)
(of a musical instrument) blow hole
air vent / louvre
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
the teaching of Confucius and Mencius
plughole / drainage hole
hole puncher
an airvent / a louvre / airflow orifice
face
auger / drill
pinhole
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
nostril / CL: 隻|只
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  *孔* | 孔* | *孔
surname Kong
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  *孔* | 孔* | *孔
hole / CL: 個|个 / classifier for cave dwellings
lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet
porous
(literary) valorous
hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone
keyhole
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
to punch a hole
an air vent / a ventilation shaft
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
bullet hole
screen printing
to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃
Teaching of Confucius / Confucianism
benthic foraminifera
sweat pore
face
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
Porifera (phylum of sponges)
(computing) punch card
temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu
bleed hole / overflow pipe / spill vent
(electronics) buried via
sweat pore
(electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)
urgent / numerous
peephole
round hole
(bird species of China) Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)
to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
microporous membrane
hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)
the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
foraminifera
(zoology) cloaca
hole
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
porous / having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve)
slot / groove / slotted hole
(electronics) blind via
chikungunya fever
The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects / abbr. to 家語|家语

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