钻

variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]

to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain

an auger / diamond

variant of 占[zhan4]

to observe / to divine

to take possession of / to occupy / to take up

Character component without intrinsic meaning

electric drill

crafty / tricky

gimlet / hand drill

to make doubly sure (idiom)

hand drill with a crank handle

pneumatic drill

lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity

solitaire (puzzle)

ice auger

corkscrew

small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing)

treasure of spirits / Silmarillion or Quenta Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金

milling crowds

auger / gimlet / screwdriver (cocktail)

blood diamond / conflict diamond

impact drill / hammer drill

lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity

to start drilling

to study diligently

auger / drill