無孔不鑽
wú​kǒng​bù​zuān

to latch on to every opportunity

  • created sense approved 无孔不钻/無孔不鑽 · wú​kǒng​bù​zuān · to latch on to every opportunity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无孔不钻 / 無孔不鑽

    wú​kǒng​bù​zuān

    to latch on to every opportunity

    literally meaning to leave no hole undrilled; describes worming one's way into every crevice or taking advantage of every possible opening

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 孔 (literal) → 孔 · kǒng · hole 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 钻 (literal) → 钻/鑽 · zuān · to drill

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

    created sense