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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	挖	挖	wā	wa1	to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
2	挖开	挖開	wā kāi	wa1 kai1	to dig into; to cut a mine into
3	挖穴	挖穴	wā xué	wa1 xue2	to excavate; to dig out a cave
4	挖土机	挖土機	wā tǔ jī	wa1 tu3 ji1	excavator; backhoe
5	挖肉补疮	挖肉補瘡	wā ròu bǔ chuāng	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
6	挖墙脚	挖牆腳	wā qiáng jiǎo	wa1 qiang2 jiao3	to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
7	挖矿	挖礦	wā kuàng	wa1 kuang4	to dig a mine; mining
8	挖苦	挖苦	wā kǔ	wa1 ku3	to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
9	挖空心思	挖空心思	wā kōng xīn si	wa1 kong1 xin1 si5	to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
10	挖空	挖空	wā kōng	wa1 kong1	to excavate; to hollow
11	挖浚	挖浚	wā jùn	wa1 jun4	to dredge
12	挖掘机械	挖掘機械	wā jué jī xiè	wa1 jue2 ji1 xie4	excavator; bulldozer
13	挖掘机	挖掘機	wā jué jī	wa1 jue2 ji1	excavator
14	挖角	挖角	wā jué	wa1 jue2	to excavate; to dig; to unearth; to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent); Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]
15	挖洞	挖洞	wā dòng	wa1 dong4	to dig a hole
16	挖掉	挖掉	wā diào	wa1 diao4	to dig out; to eradicate
17	挖鼻子	挖鼻子	wā bí zi	wa1 bi2 zi5	to pick one's nose