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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
洞 dòng	洞 \| 洞* \| *洞	cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL: 個｜个	HSK 5


空洞 kōngdòng	空洞 \| 空洞* \| *空洞	cavity / empty / vacuous	HSK 6


洞穿 dòngchuān	洞穿 \| 洞穿* \| *洞穿	to penetrate / to pierce / to see clearly / to have an insight into


黑洞洞 hēidòngdòng	黑洞洞 \| 黑洞洞* \| *黑洞洞	pitch-dark


洞穴 dòngxué	洞穴 \| 洞穴* \| *洞穴	cave / cavern


洞见 dòngjiàn	洞见 \| 洞见* \| *洞见	insight / to see clearly	洞見


洞察 dòngchá	洞察 \| 洞察* \| *洞察	to see clearly


漏洞 lòudòng	漏洞 \| 漏洞* \| *漏洞	leak / hole / gap / loophole


山洞 shāndòng	山洞 \| 山洞* \| *山洞	cavern / cave


窑洞 yáodòng	窑洞 \| 窑洞* \| *窑洞	yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL: 孔	窯洞


洞悉 dòngxī	洞悉 \| 洞悉* \| *洞悉	to clearly understand


风洞 fēngdòng	风洞 \| 风洞* \| *风洞	wind tunnel	風洞


洞口 Dòngkǒu	洞口 \| 洞口* \| *洞口	Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽｜邵阳, Hunan


洞口 dòngkǒu	洞口 \| 洞口* \| *洞口	cave mouth / tunnel entrance


隧洞 suìdòng	隧洞 \| 隧洞* \| *隧洞	tunnel


石洞 shídòng	石洞 \| 石洞* \| *石洞	cave; cavern


洞府 dòngfǔ	洞府 \| 洞府* \| *洞府	cave dwelling / legendary abode of immortals


洞房 dòngfáng	洞房 \| 洞房* \| *洞房	secret inner room / bridal room


涵洞 hándòng	涵洞 \| 涵洞* \| *涵洞	culvert


溶洞 róngdòng	溶洞 \| 溶洞* \| *溶洞	(geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave)


龙洞 lóngdòng	龙洞 \| 龙洞* \| *龙洞	cave / natural cavern (in limestone)	龍洞


洞天 dòngtiān	洞天 \| 洞天* \| *洞天	paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland


无底洞 wúdǐdòng	无底洞 \| 无底洞* \| *无底洞	bottomless pit	無底洞


洞房花烛 dòngfánghuāzhú	洞房花烛 \| 洞房花烛* \| *洞房花烛	bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom)	洞房花燭


门洞 méndòng	门洞 \| 门洞* \| *门洞	passageway / archway	門洞


地洞 dìdòng	地洞 \| 地洞* \| *地洞	tunnel / cave / burrow / dugout


漏洞百出 lòudòngbǎichū	漏洞百出 \| 漏洞百出* \| *漏洞百出	(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)


引蛇出洞 yǐnshéchūdòng	引蛇出洞 \| 引蛇出洞* \| *引蛇出洞	lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom)


坑洞 kēngdòng	坑洞 \| 坑洞* \| *坑洞	hole / pit / pothole


别有洞天 biéyǒudòngtiān	别有洞天 \| 别有洞天* \| *别有洞天	place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world	別有洞天


洞开 dòngkāi	洞开 \| 洞开* \| *洞开	to be wide open	洞開


洞察力 dòngchálì	洞察力 \| 洞察力* \| *洞察力	insight


挖洞 wādòng	挖洞 \| 挖洞* \| *挖洞	to dig a hole


洞窟 dòngkū	洞窟 \| 洞窟* \| *洞窟	a cave


破洞 pòdòng	破洞 \| 破洞* \| *破洞	a hole


洞子 dòngzi	洞子 \| 洞子* \| *洞子	cave / pit / (coll.) greenhouse


洞头 Dòngtóu	洞头 \| 洞头* \| *洞头	Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州｜温州, Zhejiang	洞頭


防空洞 fángkōngdòng	防空洞 \| 防空洞* \| *防空洞	air-raid shelter


空洞洞 kōngdòngdòng	空洞洞 \| 空洞洞* \| *空洞洞	empty / deserted


冰洞 bīngdòng	冰洞 \| 冰洞* \| *冰洞	hole in ice / crevasse


黑洞 hēidòng	黑洞 \| 黑洞* \| *黑洞	(astronomy) black hole


洞若观火 dòngruòguānhuǒ	洞若观火 \| 洞若观火* \| *洞若观火	lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom) / fig. to grasp the situation thoroughly	洞若觀火


洪洞 Hóngtóng	洪洞 \| 洪洞* \| *洪洞	Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾｜临汾, Shanxi


钻洞 zuāndòng	钻洞 \| 钻洞* \| *钻洞	to bore / to burrow / to crawl through a tunnel	鑽洞


电洞 diàndòng	电洞 \| 电洞* \| *电洞	electron hole (physics)	電洞


洞庭湖 Dòngtíng Hú	洞庭湖 \| 洞庭湖* \| *洞庭湖	Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province


穿洞 chuāndòng	穿洞 \| 穿洞* \| *穿洞	pierce


龋洞 qǔdòng	龋洞 \| 龋洞* \| *龋洞	hole due to dental caries	齲洞


孔洞 kǒngdòng	孔洞 \| 孔洞* \| *孔洞	small hole in an object


耳洞 ěrdòng	耳洞 \| 耳洞* \| *耳洞	ear piercing hole; earring hole


大浦洞 Dàpǔdòng	大浦洞 \| 大浦洞* \| *大浦洞	Taepodong, North Korean rocket series


一击入洞 yījīrùdòng	一击入洞 \| 一击入洞* \| *一击入洞	hole in one (golf)	一擊入洞


一杆进洞 yīgānjìndòng	一杆进洞 \| 一杆进洞* \| *一杆进洞	(golf) hole in one	一桿進洞


人字洞 Rénzìdòng	人字洞 \| 人字洞* \| *人字洞	Renzidong palaeolithic archaeological site at Fanchang 繁昌, Anhui


克孜尔千佛洞 Kèzī'ěrqiānfódòng	克孜…佛洞 \| 克孜…佛洞* \| *克孜…佛洞	Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區｜阿克苏地区, Xinjiang	克孜爾千佛洞


凹洞 āodòng	凹洞 \| 凹洞* \| *凹洞	cavity / pit


函洞 hándòng	函洞 \| 函洞* \| *函洞	variant of 涵洞


千佛洞 qiānfódòng	千佛洞 \| 千佛洞* \| *千佛洞	Buddhist grottos


吕洞宾 Lǚ Dòngbīn	吕洞宾 \| 吕洞宾* \| *吕洞宾	Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙	呂洞賓


大地洞 dàdìdòng	大地洞 \| 大地洞* \| *大地洞	cavern


小岩洞 xiǎoyándòng	小岩洞 \| 小岩洞* \| *小岩洞	grotto


小洞不堵沉大船 xiǎodòngbùdǔchéndàchuán	小洞…大船 \| 小洞…大船* \| *小洞…大船	A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.


小洞不堵，大洞受苦 xiǎodòngbùdǔ, dàdòngshòukǔ	小洞…受苦 \| 小洞…受苦* \| *小洞…受苦	A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.


小洞不堵，大洞吃苦 xiǎodòngbùdǔ, dàdòngchīkǔ	小洞…吃苦 \| 小洞…吃苦* \| *小洞…吃苦	lit. a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom) / fig. a stitch in time saves nine


小洞不堵，大洞难补 xiǎodòngbùdǔ, dàdòngnánbǔ	小洞…难补 \| 小洞…难补* \| *小洞…难补	If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.	小洞不堵，大洞難補


小洞不补大洞吃苦 xiǎodòngbùbǔdàdòngchīkǔ	小洞…吃苦 \| 小洞…吃苦* \| *小洞…吃苦	A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine	小洞不補大洞吃苦


库木吐拉千佛洞 Kùmùtǔlāqiānfódòng	库木…佛洞 \| 库木…佛洞* \| *库木…佛洞	Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang	庫木吐拉千佛洞


张之洞 Zhāng Zhīdòng	张之洞 \| 张之洞* \| *张之洞	Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing	張之洞


打洞 dǎdòng	打洞 \| 打洞* \| *打洞	to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow


柏孜克里克千佛洞 Bózīkèlǐkè Qiānfódòng	柏孜…佛洞 \| 柏孜…佛洞* \| *柏孜…佛洞	the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang


水帘洞 shuǐliándòng	水帘洞 \| 水帘洞* \| *水帘洞	cave with a waterfall at its mouth	水簾洞


洞口县 Dòngkǒuxiàn	洞口县 \| 洞口县* \| *洞口县	Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽｜邵阳, Hunan	洞口縣


洞孔 dòngkǒng	洞孔 \| 洞孔* \| *洞孔	hole


洞察一切 dòngcháyīqiè	洞察一切 \| 洞察一切* \| *洞察一切	to see everything clearly


洞房花烛夜 dòngfánghuāzhúyè	洞房花烛夜 \| 洞房花烛夜* \| *洞房花烛夜	wedding night	洞房花燭夜


洞泄 dòngxiè	洞泄 \| 洞泄* \| *洞泄	lienteric diarrhea (TCM)


洞洞鞋 dòngdòngxié	洞洞鞋 \| 洞洞鞋* \| *洞洞鞋	Crocs shoes (or any similar shoe)


洞螈 dòngyuán	洞螈 \| 洞螈* \| *洞螈	olm (Proteus anguinus)


洞鉴 dòngjiàn	洞鉴 \| 洞鉴* \| *洞鉴	to examine deeply / to inspect closely	洞鑒


洞头县 Dòngtóuxiàn	洞头县 \| 洞头县* \| *洞头县	Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州｜温州, Zhejiang	洞頭縣


洪洞县 Hóngtóngxiàn	洪洞县 \| 洪洞县* \| *洪洞县	Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾｜临汾, Shanxi	洪洞縣


狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心 gǒuyǎo Lǚ Dòngbīn, bùshíhǎorénxīn	狗咬…人心 \| 狗咬…人心* \| *狗咬…人心	a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness	狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心


白洞 báidòng	白洞 \| 白洞* \| *白洞	white hole (cosmology)


空洞无物 kōngdòngwúwù	空洞无物 \| 空洞无物* \| *空洞无物	empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance / nothing new to show	空洞無物


空空洞洞 kōngkōngdòngdòng	空空洞洞 \| 空空洞洞* \| *空空洞洞	empty / hollow / lacking in substance


老鼠洞 lǎoshǔdòng	老鼠洞 \| 老鼠洞* \| *老鼠洞	mouse hole


脑洞大开 nǎodòngdàkāi	脑洞大开 \| 脑洞大开* \| *脑洞大开	imaginative / to have one's mind buzzing with ideas	腦洞大開


藏经洞 zàngjīngdòng	藏经洞 \| 藏经洞* \| *藏经洞	cave holding scripture depository, part of Mogao cave complex 莫高窟, Dunhuang 敦煌	藏經洞


芦洞 Lúdòng	芦洞 \| 芦洞* \| *芦洞	Rodong or Nodong, series of North Korean medium-range missiles	蘆洞


虫洞 chóngdòng	虫洞 \| 虫洞* \| *虫洞	worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)	蟲洞


钥匙洞孔 yàoshidòngkǒng	钥匙洞孔 \| 钥匙洞孔* \| *钥匙洞孔	keyhole	鑰匙洞孔


开脑洞 kāinǎodòng	开脑洞 \| 开脑洞* \| *开脑洞	to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas	開腦洞


零日漏洞 língrìlòudòng	零日漏洞 \| 零日漏洞* \| *零日漏洞	zero-day vulnerability (computing)


闹洞房 nàodòngfáng	闹洞房 \| 闹洞房* \| *闹洞房	disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)	鬧洞房

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