发掘
fā jué
Pinyin

Definition

发掘
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fā jué
  1. to excavate
  2. to explore
  3. (fig.) to unearth
  4. to tap into

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

挖掘
wā jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to dig
  3. 3 to unearth
挖掘机
wā jué jī
  1. 1 excavator
掘
jué
  1. 1 to dig
发掘
fā jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to explore
  3. 3 (fig.) to unearth
  4. 4 to tap into
掘出
jué chū
  1. 1 to exhume
  2. 2 to unearth
  3. 3 to dig out
采掘
cǎi jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to extract (ore)
开掘
kāi jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to dig out
  3. 3 fig. to investigate (in an archive)

Idioms (5)

吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
掘墓鞭尸
jué mù biān shī
  1. 1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
罗掘
luó jué
  1. 1 to scrape around for money
  2. 2 hard pressed for cash
  3. 3 cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom)
罗雀掘鼠
luó què jué shǔ
  1. 1 lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
  2. 2 on the verge of bankruptcy
临渴掘井
lín kě jué jǐng
  1. 1 lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty
  2. 2 to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我是星探，专门发掘未来的大明星的。这是我的名片，请多指教！敢问小姐芳名？
wǒ shì xīngtàn ，zhuānmén fājué wèilái de dà míngxīng de 。zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn ，qǐng duō zhǐjiào ！gǎn wèn xiǎojie fāngmíng ？
I'm a talent scout. I specialize in uncovering the stars of the future. Here's my business card-- please, tell me what you think. May I ask your name?
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我要说的是，问题不会只是希腊一方面的，还有许多面向值得我们去发掘。
wǒ yào shuō de shì ，wèntí búhuì zhǐshì xīlà yīfāngmiàn de ，háiyǒu xǔduō miànxiàng zhídé wǒmen qù fājué 。
What I'm trying to say is, the problem isn't just with Greece. There are other factors worth exploring.
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听起来非常有趣，别透露太多，留给观众到电影院去发掘。
tīng qǐlai fēicháng yǒuqù ，bié tòulù tài duō ，liú gěi guānzhòng dào diànyǐngyuàn qù fājué 。
It sounds very interesting, don't reveal too much, let's leave something for the audience to discover at the cinema.
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