"挖" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wā to dig / to excavate / to scoop out
Results beginning with 挖
 wā jué to excavate / to dig / to unearth
 wā kǔ to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5]
 wā kuàng to dig a mine / mining
 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
 wā jué to poach (talent, personnel from competitors) / to raid (a competitor for its talent) / Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]
 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into
 wā kōng to excavate / to hollow
 wā dòng to dig a hole
 wā diào to dig out / to eradicate
 wā jùn to dredge
 wā xué to excavate / to dig out a cave
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 wā jué jī excavator
 wā tǔ jī excavator / backhoe
 wā qiáng jiǎo to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something
 wā bí zi to pick one's nose
 wā xué qì dibber
 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
  intrenching tool
 wā jué jī xiè excavator / bulldozer
  dredge bucket
  Joint Exhumation Commission
Approximate Results for 挖
 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out
 shēn wā to dredge
 ěr wā earpick / curette
 shū wā to dredge / to dig out (a channel)
 ěr wā sháo (dialect) earpick / curette
 ěr wā zi earpick / curette
 shù jù wā jué data mining
  suction dredge
  dragline
  tractor shovel / bucket loader / backhoe loader;
 lu:3 dài wā tǔ jī tracked excavator
  wheeled excavator truck
  medium backhoe
  light backhoe
 chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rén see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]
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