Word: 洞 (dòng, tóng)

他们正在挖一个洞。

Tāmen zhèngzài wā yí gè dòng.

They're digging a hole.

他挖了一个洞。

Tā wāle yí gè dòng.

He dug a hole.

你的袜子上有个大洞。

Nǐ de wàzi shàng yǒu gè dà dòng.

You've got a big hole in your sock.

你的袜子上有个洞。

Nǐ de wàzi shàng yǒu gè dòng.

There is a hole in your sock.

你的袜子破了一个洞呀。

Nǐ de wàzi pòle yí gè dòng ya.

There is a hole in your sock.

出洞的老鼠,东张西望

chū dòng de lǎoshǔ,dōngzhāngxīwàng

a mouse out of its hole: looking east and west

南极上空的臭氧层有个洞。

Nánjí shàngkōng de chòuyǎngcéng yǒu gè dòng.

There is a hole in the ozone layer above the South Pole.

啄木鸟打洞，全凭嘴硬

zhuómùniǎo dǎ dòng, quán píng zuǐyìng

woodpecker drilling a hole: it all relies on a hard beak

天花板上有洞。

Tiānhuābǎn shàng yǒu dòng.

There's a hole in the ceiling.

孩子的新毛衣上勾了一个洞。

Háizi de xīn máoyī shàng gōule yí gè dòng.

The child has picked a hole in his new jumper.

我的大衣穿了一个洞。

Wǒ de dàyī chuān le yí gè dòng.

There's a hole in my coat.

我的牛仔裤破了一个洞。

Wǒ de niúzǎikù pòle yí gè dòng.

I got a hole in my jeans.

洞里的鱼眼睛已经退化了。

Dòng lǐ de yú yǎnjing yǐjīng tuìhuàle.

The eyes of the fish in the cave have atrophied.

洞顶垂下来一根根钟乳石。

Dòng dǐng chuí xiàlai yìgēn gēn zhōngrǔshí.

Stalactites hung down from the cave ceiling, one after another.

洞顶挂着很多钟乳石。

Dòng dǐng guàzhe hěn duō zhōngrǔshí.

Lots of stalactites hang from the roof of the cave.

老鼠爱打洞,坏人爱钻空

lǎoshǔ ài dǎ dòng,huàirén ài zuānkòng

rats love digging holes, bad people love slipping through gaps

这个桶有个洞。

Zhège tǒng yǒu gè dòng.

There's a hole in this bucket.

这只老鼠跑进洞里。

Zhè zhī lǎoshǔ pǎo jìn dòng lǐ.

The mouse ran into the hole.

这洞有多深啊？

Zhè dòng yǒu duō shēn a?

How deep is the hole?

这顶蚊帐有一个小洞。

Zhè dǐng wénzhàng yǒu yí gè xiǎo dòng.

This mosquito net has a small hole in it.