"Drill" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xùn liàn to train / to drill / training / CL:個|个[ge4]
 liàn xí to practice / exercise / drill / practice / CL:個|个[ge4]
 cāo liàn drill / practice
 yǎn liàn to do a drill / to practice / training / drill
 jūn xùn military practice, esp. for reservists or new recruits / military training as a (sometimes compulsory) subject in schools and colleges / drill
 zuān kǒng to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
 zuàn jǐng to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
 zuān jǐng to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
 cāo yǎn drill / exercise / demonstration / to demonstrate
 tiáo bō to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
 cāo to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
 qiān a drill (for boring through rock)
 chū cāo to drill / to exercise / to go outdoors for physical exercise
 dǎ kǒng zuàn auger / drill
 dǎ bǎ shi drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off
 pào qiān a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子
 qiān a drill (for boring through rock)
  immediate reaction drill / immediate action drill / drill
  immediate reaction drill / immediate action drill / drill
 cāo chǎng playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:個|个[ge4]
 liàn bīng to drill troops / army training
 zuàn tóu drill bit
 jiào tóu sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times)
 jūn shì xùn liàn military exercise / army drill
 jiào chǎng military drill ground
 yǎn wǔ arms drill / to practice martial arts
 dǎ dòng to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow
 diàn zuàn electric drill
  seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US)
 zuān kòng zi lit. to drill a hole / to take advantage of a loophole / to exploit an advantage / to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
 dǎ yǎn to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
 zhěng xùn to drill troops / to build up and train
 qiǎ pán chuck (for a drill etc)
 diàn chuí rotary hammer / hammer drill
 gāng qiān a steel drill
 záo yán jī rock drill
 chōng jī zuàn impact drill / hammer drill
 lóu drill for sowing grain
 shǒu zuàn gimlet / hand drill
 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock
 cāo diǎn drill book
 cāo fǎ drill rules
 cāo kè military drill
 cāo píng drill ground
 qū bǐng zuàn hand drill with a crank handle
 jī tóu zuò headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
 bù cāo foot drill (military, physical exercises etc)
 máo kǒu metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe) / burr
 qì zuàn pneumatic drill
 jiào chǎng military drill ground / same as 校場|校场[jiao4 chang3]
 zuàn variant of 鑽|钻, an auger / drill / diamond
 zuàn qiǎ drill chuck
 zuàn yā pressure on a drill bit
 zuān mù qǔ huǒ to drill wood to make fire
 zuān yǎn to drill a hole / drilling
 zuàn tóu qiǎ pán drill chuck
 zuàn tóu jiá pán drill chuck
 tóu zuò headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
 fēng zuàn pneumatic drill / jackhammer
 liàn variant of 練|练, to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise
 xiāo fáng yǎn xí fire drill
  extraction drill / man down drill / extrication drill
 èr cì xiù tàn two-pass drill
  drill mine
  evacuation drill
  emergency response drill
  drill string
  drill rig truck
  cordless rechargeable drill
  drill munition / practice ammunition
  down-hole drill rig
  anti-hijack drill
  cable tool drill rig / cable rig
 jiā pán chuck (for a drill etc)
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