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pore
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子
face
jack / socket
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  *孔* | 孔* | *孔
surname Kong
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  *孔* | 孔* | *孔
hole / CL: 個|个 / classifier for cave dwellings
small hole in an object
partial view; limited outlook
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family
bunghole
courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
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
to punch a hole; to perforate / (medicine) perforation
round hole
manhole
Teaching of Confucius / Confucianism
pore
peafowl; peacock
pore (geology)
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
to punch a hole
to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
air-bubble / pore / stoma
diameter of hole
pinhole
face
foraminifera
pupil (of the eye)
keyhole
opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius
Confucius and Mencius
screen printing
hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
sweat pore
to offer sacrifices to Confucius
Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
courageous and strong (idiom) / Herculean (physique etc)
heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
(bird species of China) grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
aperture / hole / cavity
the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
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
the teaching of Confucius and Mencius
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子
to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
porous
abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
perforations (on a postage stamp)
(electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)
Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period
Pavo (constellation)
Confucius
mesh
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
(electronics) buried via
urgent / numerous
Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher
nostril / CL: 隻|只
Confucian temple
The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects / abbr. to 家語|家语
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
microporous membrane
hole puncher
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
(bird species of China) green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
plughole / drainage hole
temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu
hole
(electronics) blind via
(computing) punch card
(literary) valorous
sweat pore
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
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 / having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve)
the Sage Confucius
an airvent / a louvre / airflow orifice
hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)
Kongsberg (city in Norway)
Confucius Institute (abbr. for 孔子學院|孔子学院)
Peacock River in Xinjiang
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
an air vent / a ventilation shaft
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
see 九孔
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
(of a musical instrument) blow hole
chikungunya fever
Porifera (phylum of sponges)
(zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges)
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
benthic foraminifera
bullet hole

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