| 避坑落井 |
bì kēng luò jǐng |
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire |
| 避 |
bì |
to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from |
| 坑 |
kēng |
pit; depression; hollow / tunnel; hole in the ground / (archaic) to bury alive / to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) |
| 坑 |
kēng |
variant of 坑 |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 井 |
Jǐng |
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing |
| 井 |
jǐng |
a well / CL:口 / neat / orderly |