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  *井* | 井* | *井
a well / CL: / neat / orderly
HSK 6
(mine) galleries and pits
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Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
Fujii (Japanese surname)
Wangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury brands, traditional stores and vibrant food markets
to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
Sakurai (Japanese surname and place name)
(water) well
Sham Tseng (area in Hong Kong)
Longjing, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin / Longjing, a district of Taichung 臺中市|台中市, Taiwan / Longjing tea (abbr. for 龍井茶|龙井茶)
open caisson
to dig a well
Mitsui (Japanese company)
Imai (Japanese surname)
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
Ziliujing District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市, Sichuan
to dig a well
tube well
Yanjing, common place name / former county 1983-1999, now part of Markam county 芒康縣|芒康县 in Chamdo prefecture, Tibet
oil well
courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
Sakai (Japanese surname)
manhole; inspection chamber
to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty / to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区 of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市, Ningxia
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire
always clean / orderly; methodical
Arai (Japanese surname)
Sakai (Japanese surname and place name)
Matsui (Japanese surname)
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late
ceiling (architecture)
elevator shaft
launching silo
wishing well
blind shaft / winze
marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people
(mining) test pit; exploratory shaft; test well
(HK) manhole
wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes
Ishii (Japanese surname)
a mine / a mine shaft
Arai (Japanese surname)
vertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc)
Gongjing District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市, Sichuan
to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction)


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