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洞

dòng · dong

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. cave
  2. hole
  3. zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
  4. CL:個 / 个 (gè)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)个(ge)赛(sài)跑(pǎo)运(yùn)动(dòng)员(yuán)跃(yuè)过(guò)了(le)地(dì)面(miàn)上(shàng)的(de)洞(dòng)。

The runner jumped over the hole in the ground.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)两(liǎng)个(gè)传(chuán)送(sòng)门(mén)通(tōng)过(guò)虫(chóng)洞(dòng)连(lián)接(jiē)。

These two portals are connected via a wormhole.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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