to drill; to bore; to pierce; to pass through
to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); to be true to (nature)
的を穿った発言に会場が盛り上がった。
The audience was fired up by a piercing remark.
岩を穿って水路を通した。
They bored through the rock to run a water channel.
核心を穿つ質問に言葉を失った。
I was speechless in the face of a question that cut right to the core.