Results for “井”
97 results
Select the arrow or an empty area of a result to expand it. Select the word, pinyin or Full entry to open the entry page.
How results are ordered
Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.
Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
everything clear and orderly (idiom) / neat and tidy
well water
everything clear and in good order (idiom) / neat and tidy
oil well
a mine / a mine shaft
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
(water) well
underground / in the pit (mining)
always clean / orderly / methodical
mouth of a well
(oil) blowout / surge / gush
tic-tac-toe
(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / (fig.) a person of limited outlook and experience
(saying) everyone minds their own business
tidy, methodical
the well-field system of ancient China
well-field system
rope for drawing water from a well
platform around the opening of a well
manhole cover (more formally, 窨井蓋|窨井盖[])
number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign
the view of a frog in a well (idiom) / fig. a narrow view
salt produced by evaporating brine drawn from wells
see 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳[]
(lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / (fig.) once bitten, twice shy
(idiom) calm and collected / unaffected by external influences
see 吃水不忘掘井人[]
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded
(mine) galleries and pits
ordinary people / the hoi polloi / commoner
to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom) / fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
to dig a well