开挖
kāi wā
Pinyin

Definition

开挖
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kāi wā
  1. to dig out
  2. to excavate
  3. to scoop out

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

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
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
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
挖掘机
wā jué jī
  1. 1 excavator
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
耳挖
ěr wā
  1. 1 earpick
  2. 2 curette
耳挖勺
ěr wā sháo
  1. 1 (dialect) earpick
  2. 2 curette
开挖
kāi wā
  1. 1 to dig out
  2. 2 to excavate
  3. 3 to scoop out

Idioms (2)

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

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