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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)