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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑽* | 鑽* | *鑽
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
to study meticulously / to delve into
HSK 7-9
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
jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑽* | 鑽* | *鑽
drill; auger / diamond
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
application to the task
to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
drill bit
diamond ring / CL: 隻|只
to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into
to conduct exploratory drilling
to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
drilling machine; drill press
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
toadying for personal gain / to curry favor / to study in great depth
to drill wood to make fire
drilling machine
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
drilling machine
to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul
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
(oil) drilling platform
drill chuck
to bore / to burrow / to crawl through a tunnel
to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
pressure on a drill bit
to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game); to hide under a table
to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)
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
to drill a hole / drilling
highly eligible bachelor / desirable male partner
residue from drilling / slag hill


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