"Dig" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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扒 bā to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig
开掘 kāi jué to dig / to excavate / (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings
挖 wā to dig / to excavate / to scoop out
掘 jué to dig
凿 záo (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel / to dig / (literary) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4]
刨 páo to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract
抠 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
穵 wā to dig / to scoop out
搰 hú to dig / to mix
洿 wū dig (a pond) / stagnant water
坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together
坋 bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4]
圣 kū to dig
挖掘 wā jué to excavate / (lit and fig.) to unearth / to dig into
钻进 zuān jìn to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into
出土 chū tǔ to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground
开动 kāi dòng to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
开挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging
挖坑 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
挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
打洞 dǎ dòng to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow
挖开 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into
探矿 tàn kuàng to prospect / to dig for coal or minerals
挖洞 wā dòng to dig a hole
自取灭亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave
挖掉 wā diào to dig out / to eradicate
自掘坟墓 zì jué fén mù to dig one's own grave
凿井 záo jǐng to dig a well
开河 kāi hé to open a river / to dig a canal / to thaw (of river)
刨根 páo gēn lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter)
挑 tiǎo to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
钻 zuān 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
拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
锄 chú a hoe / to hoe or dig / to weed / to get rid of
刨根问底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
罗雀掘鼠 luó què jué shǔ lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom) / fig. hard pressed for cash / on the verge of bankruptcy
临渴穿井 lín kě chuān jǐng lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom) / fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late
钻故纸堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers
竁 cuì dig a hole
挖穴 wā xué to excavate / to dig out a cave
疏挖 shū wā to dredge / to dig out (a channel)
临渴掘井 lín kě jué jǐng lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty / to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
掘出 jué chū to exhume / to unearth / to dig out
打坐坡 dǎ zuò pō (of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward / (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward / (fig.) to dig one's heels in
打井 dǎ jǐng to dig a well
自掏腰包 zì tāo yāo bāo to pay out of one's own pocket / to dig into one's pocket
挖坟 wā fén to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc)
罗雀掘鼠 luó què - jué shǔ lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
食指大动 shí zhǐ - dà dòng (idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food
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