采掘
cǎi jué
Pinyin

Definition

采掘
 - 
cǎi jué
  1. to excavate
  2. to extract (ore)

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)

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