洞 - dòng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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洞

dòng

Definition

cave
hole
zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)

Character Decomposition

Related words (57)

洞口

dòng kǒu

cave mouth; tunnel entrance

洞天

dòng tiān

paradise; heavenly or beautiful place; fairyland

洞子

dòng zi

cave; pit; (coll.) greenhouse

hole

to see clearly

cave dwelling; legendary abode of immortals

to be wide open

to clearly understand

洞房

dòng fáng

secret inner room; bridal room

cave; cavern

to penetrate; to pierce; to see clearly; to have an insight into

a cave

insight; to see clearly

洞鉴

dòng jiàn

to examine deeply; to inspect closely

insight

to see everything clearly

wedding night

hole in ice; crevasse

cavity; pit

a dug-out; a burrow

hole; pit; pothole

cavern; cave

to punch a hole; to drill a hole; to dig a hole; to burrow

to dig a hole

culvert; covered drain

karst cave

leak; bug; hole; gap; loophole

白洞

bái dòng

white hole (cosmology)

cave; cavern

a hole

cavity; empty; vacuous

pierce

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

pierced ear

worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)

to bore

passageway; archway

tunnel

wind tunnel

(astronomy) black hole

龋洞

qǔ dòng

hole due to dental caries

龙洞

lóng dòng

cave; natural cavern (in limestone)

cavern

grotto

bottomless pit

cave with a waterfall at its mouth

mouse hole

cave holding scripture depository, part of Mogao cave complex 莫高窟, Dunhuang 敦煌

闹洞房

nào dòng fáng

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

air-raid shelter

pitch-dark

hole in one (golf)

(golf) hole in one

place of charm and beauty; scenery of exceptional charm; completely different world

空空洞洞

kōng kōng dòng dòng

empty; hollow; lacking in substance

keyhole

zero-day vulnerability (computing)

Idioms (5)

洞房花烛

dòng fáng huā zhú

bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom)

洞若观火

dòng ruò guān huǒ

clear as a flame (idiom); to see things absolutely clearly

引蛇出洞

yǐn shé chū dòng

(lit.) to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor (idiom)

漏洞百出

lòu dòng bǎi chū

(lit.) one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)

空洞无物

kōng dòng wú wù

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

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