"穴" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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穴
Trad. 穴
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Radical
(Bushou)		 穴
Radical 116
Composition
Strokes 5
Structure
Decomp. 宀八
Prononciation
Mandarin xué
Entry Methods
Pinyin xue2
Kanji /
Cangjie
 JC
十金
Sijiao 3080.2
Wubi PWU
CNS 11643 1-467E
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7A74
GB2312 D1A8
BIG5 A5DE
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穴 xué cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]
Results beginning with 穴
穴道 xué dào acupuncture point / acupoint
穴位 xué wèi acupuncture point / location of a grave
穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
穴播 xué bō bunch planting
穴脉 xué mài node (center of energy) / acupuncture point / Chakra
穴鸟 xué niǎo jackdaw (family Corvidae)
穴头 xué tou (show business) promoter
穴居人 xué jū rén cave man
穴居生物 xué jū shēng wù burrowing organism
Approximate Results for 穴
洞穴 dòng xué cave / cavern
巢穴 cháo xué lair / nest / den / hideout
点穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4]
死穴 sǐ xué lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel
墓穴 mù xué tomb / grave
走穴 zǒu xué (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues
阴穴 yīn xué cave / (coll.) vagina
淫穴 yín xué pussy / cunt / twat
空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics)
岩穴 yán xué grotto / cave
孔穴 kǒng xué aperture / hole / cavity
种穴  seed-hole
扁穴 biǎn xué tonsil / now written 扁桃體|扁桃体[bian3 tao2 ti3]
冰穴 bīng xué polynya
地穴 dì xué pit / burrow / crypt
匪穴 fěi xué bandit den / rebel stronghold
风穴 fēng xué wind cave
坟穴 fén xué grave
经穴 jīng xué acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
蜜穴 mì xué (coll.) vagina / pussy
兽穴 shòu xué animal den
腧穴 shù xué acupuncture point
俞穴 shù xué acupuncture point
挖穴 wā xué to excavate / to dig out a cave
武穴 Wǔ xué Wuxue, county-level city in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei
蚁穴 yǐ xué ant nest
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太阳穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head)
阿是穴 ā shì xué (TCM) ashi point: a tender spot that is not a standard acupuncture point
八风穴 bā fēng xué "eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
八会穴 bā huì xué the eight influential points (acupuncture)
曲池穴 qū chí xué Quchi acupoint LI11, at the lateral end of the elbow crease
挖穴器 wā xué qì dibber
武穴市 Wǔ xué shì Wuxue, county-level city in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei
印堂穴 yìn táng xué yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
空穴来风 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
冰川穴壶 bīng chuān xué hú moulin / glacier mill
龙潭虎穴 lóng tán - hǔ xué lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom) / fig. dangerous place / hostile territory
龙潭虎穴 lóng tán hǔ xué lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom) / fig. dangerous place / hostile territory
国际洞穴学联合会  International Union of Speleology
不入虎穴焉得虎子 bù rù hǔ xué yān dé hǔ zǐ how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair / nothing venture / nothing to gain or have
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 / there's no smoke without fire (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.
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[qian1li3 zhi1 di1, kui4 yu2 yi3xue2]
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) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
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