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钻桌子

zuān zhuō zidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game) / to hide under a table
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

鑽桌子 钻桌子 [zuan1 zhuo1 zi5] /to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game); to hide under a table/

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Other forms in these source records: 鑽桌子

  • 钻
    zuàn

    drill / auger / diamond

    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

  • 桌
    zhuō

    table / desk / classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc

  • 子
    zǐ

    son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-

    zi

    noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.