凿窍
záo​qiào

to open an orifice

  • created reference approved 凿窍/鑿竅 → 凿浑沌/鑿渾沌 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    凿窍 / 鑿竅 záo​qiào

    凿浑沌 / 鑿渾沌 záo​hún​dùn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 凿窍/鑿竅 · záo​qiào · to open an orifice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    凿窍 / 鑿竅

    záo​qiào

    to open an orifice

    (literary) to bore holes or open orifices in the body. It refers to a story in the Zhuangzi where the Emperors of the South and North Sea tried to bore seven holes into the faceless Emperor of the Center, causing his death; thus it metaphorically describes acts that violate nature and destroy innate simplicity.

    zuò​qiào

    凿 (literal) → 凿/鑿 · záo · to chisel 窍 (literal) → 窍/竅 · qiào · aperture

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense