dòng

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Definitions

  1. 1. cave
  2. 2. hole
  3. 3. zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)

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Words Containing 洞

洞穴
dòng xué

cave

漏洞
lòu dòng

leak

空洞
kōng dòng

cavity

一击入洞
yī jī rù dòng

hole in one (golf)

一杆进洞
yī gān jìn dòng

(golf) hole in one

人字洞
rén zì dòng

Renzidong palaeolithic archaeological site at Fanchang 繁昌[fán chāng], Anhui

克孜尔千佛洞
kè zī ěr qiān fó dòng

Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang

冰洞
bīng dòng

hole in ice

凹洞
āo dòng

cavity

别有洞天
bié yǒu dòng tiān

place of charm and beauty

千佛洞
qiān fó dòng

Buddhist grottos

吕洞宾
lǚ dòng bīn

Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[bā xiān]

地洞
dì dòng

tunnel

坑洞
kēng dòng

hole

大地洞
dà dì dòng

cavern

大浦洞
dà pǔ dòng

Taepodong, North Korean rocket series

孔洞
kǒng dòng

small hole in an object

小岩洞
xiǎo yán dòng

grotto

小洞不堵沉大船
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán

A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.

小洞不堵,大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ

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
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ

lit. a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)

小洞不堵,大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ

If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.

小洞不补大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ

A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine

山洞
shān dòng

cavern

库木吐拉千佛洞
kù mù tǔ lā qiān fó dòng

Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang

引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng

lit. to pull a snake from its hole

张之洞
zhāng zhī dòng

Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing

打洞
dǎ dòng

to punch a hole

挖洞
wā dòng

to dig a hole

柏孜克里克千佛洞
bó zī kè lǐ kè qiān fó dòng

the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang

水帘洞
shuǐ lián dòng

cave with a waterfall at its mouth

洞口
dòng kǒu

Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

洞口县
dòng kǒu xiàn

Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan

洞天
dòng tiān

paradise

洞子
dòng zi

cave

洞孔
dòng kǒng

hole

洞察
dòng chá

to see clearly

洞察一切
dòng chá yī qiè

to see everything clearly

洞察力
dòng chá lì

insight

洞府
dòng fǔ

cave dwelling

洞庭湖
dòng tíng hú

Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province

洞悉
dòng xī

to clearly understand

洞房
dòng fáng

secret inner room

洞房花烛
dòng fáng huā zhú

bridal room and ornamented candles

洞房花烛夜
dòng fáng huā zhú yè

wedding night

洞泄
dòng xiè

lienteric diarrhea (TCM)

洞洞鞋
dòng dòng xié

Crocs shoes (or any similar shoe)

洞穿
dòng chuān

to penetrate

洞窟
dòng kū

a cave

洞若观火
dòng ruò guān huǒ

lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom)

洞螈
dòng yuán

olm (Proteus anguinus)

洞见
dòng jiàn

insight

洞鉴
dòng jiàn

to examine deeply

洞开
dòng kāi

to be wide open

洞头
dòng tóu

Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[wēn zhōu], Zhejiang

洞头县
dòng tóu xiàn

Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[wēn zhōu], Zhejiang

洪洞
hóng tóng

Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi

洪洞县
hóng tóng xiàn

Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi

涵洞
hán dòng

culvert

溶洞
róng dòng

(geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave)

漏洞百出
lòu dòng bǎi chū

(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)

无底洞
wú dǐ dòng

bottomless pit

狗咬吕洞宾,不识好人心
gǒu yǎo lǚ dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn

a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)

白洞
bái dòng

white hole (cosmology)

石洞
shí dòng

cave; cavern

破洞
pò dòng

a hole

空洞洞
kōng dòng dòng

empty

空洞无物
kōng dòng wú wù

empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance

空空洞洞
kōng kōng dòng dòng

empty

穿洞
chuān dòng

pierce

窑洞
yáo dòng

yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)

老鼠洞
lǎo shǔ dòng

mouse hole

耳洞
ěr dòng

ear piercing hole; earring hole

脑洞大开
nǎo dòng dà kāi

imaginative

芦洞
lú dòng

Rodong or Nodong, series of North Korean medium-range missiles

虫洞
chóng dòng

worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)

钥匙洞孔
yào shi dòng kǒng

keyhole

钻洞
zuān dòng

to bore

门洞
mén dòng

passageway

开脑洞
kāi nǎo dòng

to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas

防空洞
fáng kōng dòng

air-raid shelter

隧洞
suì dòng

tunnel

零日漏洞
líng rì lòu dòng

zero-day vulnerability (computing)

电洞
diàn dòng

electron hole (physics)

风洞
fēng dòng

wind tunnel

闹洞房
nào dòng fáng

disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)

黑洞
hēi dòng

(astronomy) black hole

黑洞洞
hēi dòng dòng

pitch-dark

龋洞
qǔ dòng

hole due to dental caries

龙洞
lóng dòng

cave