挖穴
wā xué
Pinyin

Definition

挖穴
 - 
wā xué
  1. to excavate
  2. to dig out a cave

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挖
wā
  1. 1 to dig
  2. 2 to excavate
  3. 3 to scoop out
挖掘
wā jué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to dig
  3. 3 to unearth
太阳穴
tài yáng xué
  1. 1 temple (on the sides of human head)
挖掘机
wā jué jī
  1. 1 excavator
挖空
wā kōng
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to hollow
挖苦
wā kǔ
  1. 1 to speak sarcastically
  2. 2 to make cutting remarks
洞穴
dòng xué
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 cavern
穴
xué
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 cavity
  3. 3 hole
  4. 4 acupuncture point
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [xuè]
穴位
xué wèi
  1. 1 acupuncture point
俞穴
shù xué
  1. 1 acupuncture point
墓穴
mù xué
  1. 1 tomb
  2. 2 grave
巢穴
cháo xué
  1. 1 lair
  2. 2 nest
  3. 3 den
  4. 4 hideout
挖土机
wā tǔ jī
  1. 1 excavator
  2. 2 backhoe
挖掉
wā diào
  1. 1 to dig out
  2. 2 to eradicate
挖洞
wā dòng
  1. 1 to dig a hole
挖墙脚
wā qiáng jiǎo
  1. 1 to undermine
  2. 2 to let someone down
  3. 3 to seduce someone away from something
挖穴
wā xué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to dig out a cave
挖角
wā jué
  1. 1 to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)
  2. 2 to raid (a competitor for its talent)
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [wā jiǎo]
挖开
wā kāi
  1. 1 to dig into
  2. 2 to cut a mine into
武穴
Wǔ xué
  1. 1 Wuxue county level city in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huáng gāng], Hubei

Idioms (6)

不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
  1. 1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
挖肉补疮
wā ròu bǔ chuāng
  1. 1 to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
空穴来风
kōng xué lái fēng
  1. 1 lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unfounded (story)
  3. 3 baseless (claim)
空穴来风未必无因
kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn
  1. 1 wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
  2. 2 there's no smoke without fire (idiom)

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