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  *井* | 井* | *井
a well / CL: / neat / orderly
HSK 6
elevator shaft
Wangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury brands, traditional stores and vibrant food markets
Mitsui (Japanese company)
oil well
salt well; brine well dug for salt production
Matsui (Japanese surname)
marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late
Gongjing District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市, Sichuan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *井* | 井* | *井
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
Sham Tseng (area in Hong Kong)
Arai (Japanese surname)
always clean / orderly; methodical
courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
(mine) galleries and pits
(mining) test pit; exploratory shaft; test well
(water) well
a mine / a mine shaft
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
launching silo
Ishii (Japanese surname)
Arai (Japanese surname)
to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
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)
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire
to dig a well
Ziliujing District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市, Sichuan
Fujii (Japanese surname)
Sakai (Japanese surname)
vertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc)
Sakurai (Japanese surname and place name)
open caisson
Sakai (Japanese surname and place name)
tube well
blind shaft / winze
(HK) manhole
ceiling (architecture)
Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区 of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市, Ningxia
wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes
to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction)
wishing well
Imai (Japanese surname)
manhole; inspection chamber
to dig a well


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