foundation groove or trench used for building foundations

a pit filled with sand, used as a landing area for jumping events in athletics or as a play area for children

to entrap, scam, or deceive someone intentionally

A pit of fire; a fiery abyss.

(figurative) To make things difficult for someone; to set a trap for another person.

to trap or frame someone using underhanded or deceitful means; to bring harm to others through trickery

puddle; water hole; pool; sump

A pit under a toilet for collecting human waste; a cesspool

A subterranean passage or gallery excavated for mining

full of pits and hollows; used to describe a road or surface that is rough and uneven

The entrance, exit, or area around the opening of a mine or tunnel

pit or shaft dug for the purpose of extracting minerals; mine pit; mine shaft

an earthen sleeping platform heated by a flue, common in rural northern China; variant form

a hole, hollow, or depression in the ground

a pit or hollow filled with soft mud; mire; morass

to use trickery and deception to cheat people out of their money or property; to scam and deceive

a simple pit or hole in the ground used as a toilet; latrine

a hole in the ground or on a surface caused by the explosion of a shell, bomb, or mine; shell hole

a crater formed by the impact of a meteorite

a large pit used to bury a vast number of bodies together, typically referring to victims of massacres, prisoners, or those who died in a large-scale famine

timber or wooden beams used to support the roof or walls of a mine shaft; mine timber

pit; hole in the ground; pothole

The burning of Confucian classics and burying alive of scholars, acts committed by the first emperor [[秦始皇|秦始皇|qin2 shi3 huang2]] to suppress dissent; used to describe the destruction of culture and persecution of intellectuals.

a pit containing funerary figures or terracotta warriors

to cheat, swindle, or entrap someone using fraudulent methods

A pit dug and camouflaged to catch animals or enemies

literally "every radish to its hole"; refers to everyone having their own specific position, task, or share, with no room for extras

concave depression; crater; hollow; scallop

literally meaning to occupy a latrine without having a bowel movement; used to describe someone who holds a position but does no work or prevents others from using it; to be a dog in the manger

(idiom) exceedingly numerous; packed to the rafters; filling every nook and cranny

A pit or excavation used for mining coal; a colliery.

Semicircular pits dug on mountain slopes and arranged in staggered rows like fish scales, used to prevent soil erosion, collect water, or plant trees

tomb pit; a hole in the ground for burying the dead

A pit or hole created by excavating clay or soil for making bricks, tiles, or ceramics

a pit built in a courtyard or street to collect and drain away surface water; sewage pit

The galleries and shafts of a mine; a mine pit.

the bottomless pit; Hell in the context of the Bible; a deep and seemingly endless hole

Gukeng Township in Yunlin County [[云林县|雲林縣|yun2 lin2 xian4]], Taiwan

(xiehouyu) stubborn and offensive; refers to someone who is both smelly and hard, like a stone in a cesspit; describes a person with a headstrong, unpleasant, and unreasonable personality

A district in southeastern New Taipei City, Taiwan, located on the north bank of the Jingmei River; formerly a township.

one person for each position; every individual has their own specific task or place; to be conscientious and meticulous in one's work

Gukeng township in Yunlin County, Taiwan

(historical) to bury Confucian scholars alive; specifically refers to the actions of the first Qin emperor in his attempt to suppress intellectual dissent

hole in the ground; pit; depression

hollows, pits, or depressions in the ground; uneven terrain

a pit, hole, or depression in the ground

to kill by burying alive in a pit; historically refers to the mass execution of captured soldiers or civilians

to persecute or harry to death; to cause someone extreme suffering or ruin through deceit or cruelty