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HSK
diamond ring / CL: 隻|只
drilling machine
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
HSK 6
crafty / tricky
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
HSK 7-9
diamond / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
impact drill / hammer drill
to study meticulously / to delve into
HSK 7-9
solitaire (puzzle)
to drill wood to make fire
pressure on a drill bit
to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
to conduct exploratory drilling
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
drill; auger / diamond
jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)
to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game); to hide under a table
pneumatic drill / jackhammer
gimlet / hand drill
to study diligently
to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
pneumatic drill
drilling machine; drill press
to bore / to burrow / to crawl through a tunnel
to start drilling
small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing)
toadying for personal gain / to curry favor / to study in great depth
blood diamond / conflict diamond
lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study
to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into
(oil) drilling platform
to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
to drill a hole / drilling
ice auger
hand drill with a crank handle
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
highly eligible bachelor / desirable male partner
to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
auger / gimlet / screwdriver (cocktail)
drill bit
electric drill
lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity
drilling machine
auger / drill
application to the task
residue from drilling / slag hill
drill chuck
to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)
corkscrew
to make doubly sure (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
variant of 鑽|钻


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