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Character Decomposition
坑=土+亢
Etymology
earth
Meanings
pit; hollow; depression
(mining) pit; shaft; tunnel
(literary) to bury alive
(coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
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Words with 坑 130 total
pit of fire · fig. living hell火坑huǒ kēngto trap · to frame坑害kēng hàiuneven (road) · depression (in terrain)坑坎kēng kǎnpit prop坑木kēng mù(coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over坑人kēng rénto bury alive · to ensnare坑杀kēng shāmud pit · mire · morass泥坑ní kēngsandbox · jumping pit (athletics) · sand trap, bunker (golf)沙坑shā kēngpuddle · water hole · sump水坑shuǐ kēngsewage pit渗坑shèn kēngpitfall · pit as animal trap陷坑xiàn kēng
Idioms with 坑 16 total Chain
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) · out of the frying pan into the fire避坑落井bì kēng luò jǐngto burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇)焚书坑儒fén shū kēng rú(idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive坑蒙拐骗kēng mēng guǎi piàn
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