to drive piles into

pier foundation (architecture)

foundation piles

sheet pile

tree stump

pile driver (machinery)

trivial matter; a piece of cake

electric vehicle charging point; EV charger

Meihuazhuang

bollard

boundary marker; boundary post; boundary pillar

wooden pile

(marking) stake

submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats

to bury a person alive under a pile, a living human sacrifice in previous East Asia's construction industry; literally: to sink a living human pile. People used to believe that a construction would affect the Feng Shui and disturb the ghosts in a place, that would cause accidents during construction. To avoid so, some would bury one or more living children under piles as an offering. This scary term was then used to threaten naughty children.

(Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)

blindly; unthinkingly; often used to describe someone doing something (or following a trend) without the relevant understanding or knowledge

blindly; unthinkingly; often used to describe someone doing something (or following a trend) without the relevant understanding or knowledge

mooring bollard

pile trestle