Usage of the character 穴
xué
穴
[穴]
- cave
- cavity
- hole
- acupuncture point
- Taiwan pr. (xuè)
shùxué
腧穴
[腧穴]
- acupuncture point
mìxué
蜜穴
[蜜穴]
- (coll.) vagina
- pussy
shùxué
俞穴
[俞穴]
- acupuncture point
Wǔxué
武穴
[武穴]
- Wuxue, county-level city in Huanggang 黃岡／黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei
fěixué
匪穴
[匪穴]
- bandit den; rebel stronghold
shòuxué
兽穴
[獸穴]
- animal den
xuéjū
穴居
[穴居]
- to live in a cave
- (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
zǒuxué
走穴
[走穴]
- (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues
yīnxué
阴穴
[陰穴]
- cave
- (coll.) vagina
fénxué
坟穴
[墳穴]
- grave
kòngxué
空穴
[空穴]
- electron hole (physics)
kǒngxué
孔穴
[孔穴]
- aperture
- hole
- cavity
dòngxué
洞穴
[洞穴]
- cave
- cavern
jīngxué
经穴
[經穴]
- acupuncture point (any point on any meridian)
- category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴／五输穴)
wāxué
挖穴
[挖穴]
- to excavate
- to dig out a cave
cháoxué
巢穴
[巢穴]
- lair
- nest
- den
- hideout
xuétou
穴头
[穴頭]
- (show business) promoter
xuéniǎo
穴鸟
[穴鳥]
- jackdaw (family Corvidae)
xuédào
穴道
[穴道]
- acupuncture point
- acupoint
mùxué
墓穴
[墓穴]
- tomb
- grave
xuémài
穴脉
[穴脈]
- node (center of energy)
- acupuncture point
- Chakra
yánxué
岩穴
[岩穴]
- grotto
- cave
xuéwèi
穴位
[穴位]
- acupuncture point
- location of a grave
diǎnxué
点穴
[點穴]
- to hit a pressure point (martial arts)
- dim mak
- see also 點脈／点脉 (diǎnmài)
sǐxué
死穴
[死穴]
- lethal point (acupuncture)
- vulnerable spot
- Achilles' heel
fēngxué
风穴
[風穴]
- wind cave
dìxué
地穴
[地穴]
- pit
- burrow
- crypt
yínxué
淫穴
[淫穴]
- pussy
- cunt
- twat
xuébō
穴播
[穴播]
- bunch planting
biǎnxué
扁穴
[扁穴]
- tonsil
- now written 扁桃體／扁桃体 (biǎntáotǐ)
bāhuìxué
八会穴
[八會穴]
- the eight influential points (acupuncture)
yìntángxué
印堂穴
[印堂穴]
- yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
tàiyángxué
太阳穴
[太陽穴]
- temple (on the sides of human head)
xuéjūrén
穴居人
[穴居人]
- cave man
Wǔxuéshì
武穴市
[武穴市]
- Wuxue, county-level city in Huanggang 黃岡／黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei
bāfēngxué
八风穴
[八風穴]
- "eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
āshìxué
阿是穴
[阿是穴]
- (TCM) ashi point: a tender spot that is not a standard acupuncture point
qūchíxué
曲池穴
[曲池穴]
- Quchi acupoint LI11, at the lateral end of the elbow crease
lóngtánhǔxué
龙潭虎穴
[龍潭虎穴]
- lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom)
- fig. dangerous place
- hostile territory
kōngxuéláifēng
空穴来风
[空穴來風]
- lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
- fig. unfounded (story)
- baseless (claim)
kòngxuéláifēngwèibìwúyīn
空穴来风未必无因
[空穴來風未必無因]
- wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
- there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
[千里之堤，潰於蟻穴]
- lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
- fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
qiānlǐzhīdī,huǐyúyǐxué
千里之堤，毁于蚁穴
[千里之堤，毀於蟻穴]
- see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴／千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 (qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué)
bùrùhǔxué,yāndéhǔzǐ
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
[不入虎穴，焉得虎子]
- How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.