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

variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]

to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into

drill bit

to drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole

diamond ring; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

to study meticulously; to delve into

to bore; to burrow; to crawl through a tunnel

to conduct exploratory drilling

to bore a hole; to drill; drilled hole

lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs

application to the task

drill chuck

pressure on a drill bit

jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)

drilling machine; drill press

to sneak in; to infiltrate; to be piercingly painful; to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)

drilling machine

to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)

to drill a hole; drilling

residue from drilling; slag hill

toadying for personal gain; to curry favor; to study in great depth

to use influence to get what one wants; to find a way through (esp. corrupt); to succeed by means fair or foul

lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs; same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖

boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest

drilling machine

to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game); to hide under a table

diamond wedding

to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

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

(oil) drilling platform

to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers

to drill wood to make fire

highly eligible bachelor; desirable male partner