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挖
挖
wa1
 
- to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
 
| strokes | 
9 | 
| radical | 
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| strokes after radical | 
6 | 
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吃水不忘挖井人
吃水不忘挖井人
chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 wa1 jing3 ren2
 
- see 吃水不忘掘井人
 
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耳挖
耳挖
er3 wa1
 
- earpick; curette
 
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耳挖勺
耳挖勺
er3 wa1 shao2
 
- (dialect) earpick; curette
 
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耳挖子
耳挖子
er3 wa1 zi5
 
- earpick; curette
 
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开挖
開挖
kai1 wa1
 
- to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out
 
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深挖
深挖
shen1 wa1
 
- to dredge
 
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疏挖
疏挖
shu1 wa1
 
- to dredge; to dig out (a channel)
 
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数据挖掘
數據挖掘
shu4 ju4 wa1 jue2
 
- data mining
 
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挖鼻子
挖鼻子
wa1 bi2 zi5
 
- to pick one's nose
 
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挖掉
挖掉
wa1 diao4
 
- to dig out; to eradicate
 
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挖洞
挖洞
wa1 dong4
 
- to dig a hole
 
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挖角
挖角
wa1 jue2
 
- to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent); Taiwan pr. 
 
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挖掘
挖掘
wa1 jue2
 
- to excavate; to dig; to unearth
 
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挖掘机
挖掘機
wa1 jue2 ji1
 
- excavator
 
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挖掘机械
挖掘機械
wa1 jue2 ji1 xie4
 
- excavator; bulldozer
 
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挖浚
挖浚
wa1 jun4
 
- to dredge
 
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挖开
挖開
wa1 kai1
 
- to dig into; to cut a mine into
 
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挖空
挖空
wa1 kong1
 
- to excavate; to hollow
 
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挖空心思
挖空心思
wa1 kong1 xin1 si5
 
- to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
 
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挖苦
挖苦
wa1 ku3
 
- to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
 
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挖矿
挖礦
wa1 kuang4
 
- to dig a mine; mining
 
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挖墙脚
挖牆腳
wa1 qiang2 jiao3
 
- to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
 
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挖肉补疮
挖肉補瘡
wa1 rou4 bu3 chuang1
 
- 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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挖土机
挖土機
wa1 tu3 ji1
 
- excavator; backhoe
 
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挖穴
挖穴
wa1 xue2
 
- to excavate; to dig out a cave