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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
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
Confucius and Mencius
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
courageous and strong (idiom) / Herculean (physique etc)
manhole
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子
the Sage Confucius
Confucian temple
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)
peephole
air-bubble / pore / stoma
Confucius
pupil (of the eye)
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
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
face
Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
pinhole
to punch a hole; to perforate / (medicine) perforation
Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
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)
round hole
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
pore (geology)
peafowl; peacock
partial view; limited outlook
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
Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher
bullet hole
Confucius Institute (abbr. for 孔子學院|孔子学院)
(of a musical instrument) blow hole
(bird species of China) green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
perforations (on a postage stamp)
temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu
the teaching of Confucius and Mencius
plughole / drainage hole
an airvent / a louvre / airflow orifice
hole puncher
face
mesh
keyhole
nostril / CL: 隻|只
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hole / CL: 個|个 / classifier for cave dwellings
porous
(literary) valorous
hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融 picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
Porifera (phylum of sponges)
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone
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
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
to punch a hole
diameter of hole
screen printing
Teaching of Confucius / Confucianism
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
sweat pore
chikungunya fever
pore
an enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, either funnel-shaped (a countersink) or cylindrical (a counterbore)
Kongsberg (city in Norway)
foraminifera
(computing) punch card
bleed hole / overflow pipe / spill vent
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
(electronics) buried via
The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects / abbr. to 家語|家语
sweat pore
urgent / numerous
to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
(bird species of China) Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)
air vent / louvre
benthic foraminifera
microporous membrane
an air vent / a ventilation shaft
the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
(electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)
(zoology) cloaca
hole
(Tw) grommet
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
porous / having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve)

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