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Trad. 鑿
- (bound form) chisel
- to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig
- (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable
- also pr. [zuo4]
Trad. 鑿空
- to open an aperture
- (extended meaning) to cut a way through
- to open up a road
Trad. 枘鑿
- incompatible (abbr. for 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2])
- (literary) compatible (lit. "mortise and tenon")
Trad. 鑿死鉚子
- (dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
Trad. 言之鑿鑿
- (idiom) to speak with conviction
Trad. 穿鑿附會
- (idiom) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations
Trad. 方枘圓鑿
- lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom)
- fig. incompatible
Trad. 妄生穿鑿
- a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
Trad. 確鑿不移
- established and irrefutable (idiom)
Trad. 圓鑿方枘
- see 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2]
Trad. 鑿壁偷光
- lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
- fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
Trad. 鑿死卯子
- variant of 鑿死鉚子|凿死铆子[zao2 si3 mao3 zi5]