dòng 
		cave
hole
zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lóng dòng 
		cave
natural cavern (in limestone)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng fáng 
		secret inner room
bridal room
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng tiān 
		paradise
heavenly or beautiful place
fairyland
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dòng kǒu 
		Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shao4 yang2], Hunan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng kǒu 
		cave mouth
tunnel entrance
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nào dòng fáng 
		disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dòng tíng hú 
		Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hóng tóng 
		Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng fáng huā zhú 
		bridal room and ornamented candles
wedding festivities (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dòng tóu 
		Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yáo dòng 
		yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)
CL:孔[kong3]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lòu dòng bǎi chū 
		lit. one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng chuān 
		to penetrate
to pierce
to see clearly
to have an insight into
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bié yǒu dòng tiān 
		place of charm and beauty
scenery of exceptional charm
completely different world
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shuǐ lián Dòng 
		Shuilian Cave
Water Curtain Cave
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chóng dòng 
		worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhāng Zhī dòng 
		Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hóng tóng xiàn 
		Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dòng tóu xiàn 
		Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qiān fó dòng 
		thousand Buddha grotto
refers to Mogao caves 莫高窟 in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dòng kǒu xiàn 
		Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shao4 yang2], Hunan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǐn shé chū dòng 
		lit. to pull a snake from its hole
to expose a malefactor (idiom)