| 鑽 | 1122A50 81A.80-1 | 部居  | 畫數 27 | ㄗㄨㄢ [zuan1] (*ㄗㄨㄢˋ [zuan4] , *ㄗㄨㄢˇ [zuan3] ). | ||
| N. | (*[zuan4]) (1) (A) drill, an awl: 鑽子 ditto; 鑽頭 [zuan4tou0]↓; 手鑽 a hand drill; 電鑽 an electric drill. (2) Diamond (s): 鑽石 [zuan4shi2], 鑽戒 [zuan4jie4]↓; 金鋼鑽 a diamond. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) (Also *[zuan3]) to drill, bore: 鑽孔 drill (bore) a hole; 鑽木取火 bore wood to get fire; 鑽燧取火 to strike a flint to produce sparks. (2) Rely upon personal influence to get what one wants: 鑽營 [zuan1ying0]↓; 鑽謀 [zuan1mou2]↓; 鑽頭覓縫兒 leave no stone unturned to get a job through personal pulls; 鑽天入地 search for an opening (a job) for oneself by all possible means (“by going up to heaven or down to hell”). (3) Make a penetrating study of: 鑽研 [zuan1yan2]↓. (4) Penetrate, pierce, go through: 鑽山洞 (of a train) pass through a tunnel; 鑽過去 crawl (go) through; 鑽牛犄角 get oneself into a dead end; 鑽牛角尖 ditto; 鑽狗洞 do evil, lead a wicked life, (fig.) toady to the rich (powerful, influential). (5) (=躦) Make a forward or upward movement. | |||||
| Words | 1. 鑽機 [zuan1ji0], v.i., (1) make use of personal pulls; (2) delve into a subject. 2. 鑽戒 [zuan4jie4], n., a diamond ring. 3. 鑽灼 [zuan1zhuo2], (1) n., an ancient method of divination; (2) v.t., (＝鑽研 [zuan1yan2]↓). 4. 鑽門子 [zuan1men2zi0], v.i., to worm one's way into s.o.’s favor. 5. 鑽謀 [zuan1mou2], v.t., try hard to get (a job) through personal pulls. 6. 鑽石 *[zuan4shi2], n., diamond(s). 7. 鑽頭 *[zuan4tou0], n., an auger, a borer. 8. 鑽仰 [zuan1yang3], v.i., (LL) to search for the truth and hold fast to it. 9. 鑽研 [zuan1yan2], v.t., delve into (books, the past). 10. 鑽營 [zuan1ying0], v.t., see [zuan1mou2]↑. | |||||