坑

kēng · keng

Traditional 阬

Meaning

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kēng 坑

  1. pit; depression; hollow
  2. tunnel; hole in the ground
  3. (archaic) to bury alive
  4. to hoodwink; to cheat (sb)

kēng 阬

  1. variant of 坑 (kēng)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

工(gōng)人(rén)们(men)在(zài)路(lù)边(biān)挖(wā)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)大(dà)坑(kēng)。

The workers dug a big pit by the roadside.

02

那(nà)家(jiā)店(diàn)专(zhuān)坑(kēng)外(wài)地(dì)游(yóu)客(kè),价(jià)格(gé)高(gāo)得(de)离(lí)谱(pǔ)。

That shop specifically cheats out-of-town tourists, with absurdly high prices.

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