钻空子
钻空子鑽空子 zuān kòng zi ㄗㄨㄢ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ zyun1 hung1 zi2 HSK 7-9
- to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
钻
空
- 上空 shàng kōng ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ soeng6 hung1 the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace
- 填空 tián kòng ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄥˋ tin4 hung1 to fill a job vacancy
- 天空 tiān kōng ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ tin1 hung1 sky
- 太空 tài kōng ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ taai3 hung1 outer space
- 抽空 chōu kòng ㄔㄡ ㄎㄨㄥˋ cau1 hung1 to find the time to do sth
- 时空時空 shí kōng ㄕˊ ㄎㄨㄥ si4 hung1 time and place
Idioms with these characters
- 见缝就钻見縫就鑽 jiàn fèng jiù zuān ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄢ gin3 fung6 zau6 zyun3 lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom)
- 敲钉钻脚敲釘鑽腳 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo ㄑㄧㄠ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄗㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ haau1 deng1 zyun3 goek3 to make doubly sure (idiom)
- 无孔不钻無孔不鑽 wú kǒng bù zuān ㄨˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄢ mou4 hung2 bat1 zyun3 lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
- 钻故纸堆鑽故紙堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī ㄗㄨㄢ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄉㄨㄟ zyun1 gu3 zi2 deoi1 to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
- 钻坚仰高鑽堅仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo ㄗㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄠ zyun1 gin1 joeng5 gou1 lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects)
- 唱空城计唱空城計 chàng kōng chéng jì ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ coeng3 hung1 sing4 gai3 (lit.) to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)
- 赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán ㄔˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ cek3 sau2 hung1 kyun4 (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance)
- 翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí ㄈㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ faan1 hung1 ceot1 kei4 to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas
- 海阔天空海闊天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ hoi2 fut3 tin1 hung1 wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
- 横空出世橫空出世 héng kōng chū shì ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ waang4 hung1 ceot1 sai3 (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success
- 爱民如子愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ ㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˇ oi3 man4 jyu4 zi2 (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
- 摆花架子擺花架子 bǎi huā jià zi ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ baai2 faa1 gaa2 zi2 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
- 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ coi4 zi2 gaai1 jan4 lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
- 多子多福 duō zǐ duō fú ㄉㄨㄛ ㄗˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄈㄨˊ do1 zi2 do1 fuk1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
- 封妻荫子封妻蔭子 fēng qī yìn zǐ ㄈㄥ ㄑㄧ ㄧㄣˋ ㄗˇ fung1 cai1 jam3 zi2 (idiom) to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles
Example sentences
- 我们不能让对方钻空子。 We can't leave the counterparty any loopholes.
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