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
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drill / auger / diamond
drill bit
to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into
to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
to conduct exploratory drilling
to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
to study meticulously / to delve into
to obsess over an insoluble or trivial problem / to get excessively hung up on details or particular issues
to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
to take advantage of a loophole / to exploit an advantage / to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
electric drill
(oil) drilling platform
application to the task
drill chuck
jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)
lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study
pressure on a drill bit
drilling machine / drill press
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
drilling machine
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers
to drill wood to make fire
to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game) / to hide under a table
drilling machine
to bore / to burrow / to crawl through a tunnel
toadying for personal gain / to curry favor / to study in great depth
to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)
see 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖[]
to drill a hole / drilling
diamond wedding
highly eligible bachelor / desirable male partner
residue from drilling / slag hill
to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul
ice auger
crafty / tricky
to study diligently
gimlet / hand drill
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27