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凿
鑿
záo
1.
chisel
2.
to bore a hole
3.
to chisel or dig
4.
certain
5.
authentic
6.
irrefutable
Common • Top 7%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (16)
榫凿
sǔnzáo
mortise chisel
确凿
quèzáo
definite
穿凿
chuānzáo
to bore a hole
凿井
záojǐng
to dig a well
凿子
záozǐ
chisel
凿岩
záoyán
(rock) drilling
凿枘
záoruì
to fit like mortise and tenon
凿空
záokōng
to open an aperture
开凿
kāizáo
to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
凿岩机
záoyánjī
rock drill
凿石场
záoshíchǎng
rock quarry
圆凿方枘
yuánzáofāngruì
see [[方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿<fāngruìyuánzáo>]]
妄生穿凿
wàngshēngchuānzáo
a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
方枘圆凿
fāngruìyuánzáo
to put a square peg in a round hole
确凿不移
quèzáobùyí
established and irrefutable (idiom)
穿凿附会
chuānzáofùhuì
to give a forced interpretation (idiom)
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,695
- Word Frequency Rank
- 5,899 of 84,292