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xué

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Definitions

  1. 1. cave
  2. 2. cavity
  3. 3. hole
  4. 4. acupuncture point
  5. 5. Taiwan pr. [xuè]

Example Sentences

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一條龍住在洞 裡。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4117385)

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Words Containing 穴

穴居
xué jū

to live in a cave

地穴
dì xué

pit

龙潭虎穴
lóng tán hǔ xué

lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom)

阿是穴
ā shì xué

(TCM) ashi point: a tender spot that is not a standard acupuncture point

经穴
jīng xué

acupuncture point (any point on any meridian)

印堂穴
yìn táng xué

yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows

曲池穴
qū chí xué

Quchi acupoint LI11, at the lateral end of the elbow crease

穴脉
xué mài

node (center of energy)

穴播
xué bō

bunch planting

蜜穴
mì xué

(coll.) vagina

墓穴
mù xué

tomb

淫穴
yín xué

pussy

扁穴
biǎn xué

tonsil

俞穴
shù xué

acupuncture point

死穴
sǐ xué

lethal point (acupuncture)

挖穴
wā xué

to excavate

点穴
diǎn xué

to hit a pressure point (martial arts)

空穴来风
kōng xué lái fēng

lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)

巢穴
cháo xué

lair

千里之堤,溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué

lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)

不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ

How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

穴位
xué wèi

acupuncture point

空穴
kòng xué

electron hole (physics)

风穴
fēng xué

wind cave

穴鸟
xué niǎo

jackdaw (family Corvidae)

八会穴
bā huì xué

the eight influential points (acupuncture)

八风穴
bā fēng xué

\eight wind points\, name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot

千里之堤,毁于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xué

see 千里之堤,潰於蟻穴|千里之堤,溃于蚁穴[qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué]

穴居人
xué jū rén

cave man

走穴
zǒu xué

(of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues

坟穴
fén xué

grave

穴头
xué tou

(show business) promoter

武穴
wǔ xué

Wuxue, county-level city in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[huáng gāng], Hubei

孔穴
kǒng xué

aperture

穴道
xué dào

acupuncture point

岩穴
yán xué

grotto

武穴市
wǔ xué shì

Wuxue, county-level city in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[huáng gāng], Hubei

阴穴
yīn xué

cave

太阳穴
tài yáng xué

temple (on the sides of human head)

空穴来风未必无因
kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn

wind does not come from an empty cave without reason

腧穴
shù xué

acupuncture point

洞穴
dòng xué

cave

兽穴
shòu xué

animal den