掘

to dig, to excavate; to dig

Strokes
11
Pinyin
jué

Parts

Words with 掘

  1. 挖掘wā jué · wajueto excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
  2. 掘出jué chū · juechuto exhume; to unearth; to dig out
  3. 掘客jué kè · juekeDigg (social news website)
  4. 采掘cǎi jué · caijueto excavate; to extract (ore)
  5. 发掘fā jué · fajueto excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth
  6. 罗掘luó jué · luojueto scrape together money (abbr. for 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠[luo2 que4 jue2 shu3])
  7. 开掘kāi jué · kaijueto dig; to excavate; (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings
  8. 挖掘机wā jué jī · wajuejiexcavator
  9. 掘土机jué tǔ jī · juetujiexcavator
  10. 挖掘机械wā jué jī xiè · wajuejixieexcavator; bulldozer
  11. 掘墓工人jué mù gōng rén · juemugongrengrave digger
  12. 掘墓鞭尸jué mù biān shī · juemubianshito exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
  13. 数据挖掘shù jù wā jué · shujuwajuedata mining
  14. 罗雀掘鼠luó què jué shǔ · luoquejueshu(lit.) to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom); (fig.) to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
  15. 临渴掘井lín kě jué jǐng · linkejuejinglit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
  16. 自掘坟墓zì jué fén mù · zijuefenmuto dig one's own grave
  17. 吃水不忘掘井人chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén · chishuibuwangjuejingrenDrinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences