凿 - záo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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鑿 (凿)

záo

Definition

chisel
to bore a hole
to chisel or dig
certain
authentic
irrefutable

Other pronunciations

zuò

see 鑿

Character Decomposition

Related words (12)

to dig a well

chisel

(rock) drilling

to fit like mortise and tenon

鑿空

záo kōng

to open an aperture; (extended meaning) to cut a way through; to open up a road

rock drill

rock quarry

to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

mortise chisel

definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [que4 zuo4]

穿鑿

chuān záo

to bore a hole; to give a forced interpretation

圓鑿方枘

yuán záo fāng ruì

see 方枘圓鑿

Idioms (5)

鑿壁偷光

záo bì tōu guāng

(lit.) to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom); (fig.) to study diligently in the face of hardship

妄生穿鑿

wàng shēng chuān záo

a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion

方枘圓鑿

fāng ruì yuán záo

to put a square peg in a round hole; incompatible (idiom)

確鑿不移

què záo bù yí

established and irrefutable (idiom)

穿鑿附會

chuān záo fù huì

to give a forced interpretation (idiom); to draw far-fetched analogies

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