Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 发掘 | 發掘 | fā jué | fa1 jue2 | to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into | ||
| 2 | 挖掘 | 挖掘 | wā jué | wa1 jue2 | to excavate; to dig; to unearth | ||
| 3 | 掘 | 掘 | jué | jue2 | to dig | ||
| 4 | 开掘 | 開掘 | kāi jué | kai1 jue2 | to excavate; to dig out; fig. to investigate (in an archive) | ||
| 5 | 自掘坟墓 | 自掘墳墓 | zì jué fén mù | zi4 jue2 fen2 mu4 | to dig one's own grave | ||
| 6 | 挖掘机械 | 挖掘機械 | wā jué jī xiè | wa1 jue2 ji1 xie4 | excavator; bulldozer | ||
| 7 | 挖掘机 | 挖掘機 | wā jué jī | wa1 jue2 ji1 | excavator | ||
| 8 | 数据挖掘 | 數據挖掘 | shù jù wā jué | shu4 ju4 wa1 jue2 | data mining | ||
| 9 | 罗雀掘鼠 | 羅雀掘鼠 | luó què jué shǔ | luo2 que4 jue2 shu3 | lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash; on the verge of bankruptcy | ||
| 10 | 罗掘 | 羅掘 | luó jué | luo2 jue2 | to scrape around for money; hard pressed for cash; cf 罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom) | ||
| 11 | 临渴掘井 | 臨渴掘井 | lín kě jué jǐng | lin2 ke3 jue2 jing3 | lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom) | ||
| 12 | 采掘 | 採掘 | cǎi jué | cai3 jue2 | to excavate; to extract (ore) | ||
| 13 | 掘土机 | 掘土機 | jué tǔ jī | jue2 tu3 ji1 | excavator | ||
| 14 | 掘墓工人 | 掘墓工人 | jué mù gōng rén | jue2 mu4 gong1 ren2 | grave digger | ||
| 15 | 掘墓鞭尸 | 掘墓鞭屍 | jué mù biān shī | jue2 mu4 bian1 shi1 | to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom) | ||
| 16 | 掘客 | 掘客 | jué kè | Jue2 ke4 | Digg (social news website) | ||
| 17 | 掘出 | 掘出 | jué chū | jue2 chu1 | to exhume; to unearth; to dig out | ||
| 18 | 吃水不忘掘井人 | 吃水不忘掘井人 | chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén | chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2 | Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom) |
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