Definition & Meaning

exploit a mine; open out/up a mine

Word usage

kāi kuàng

开 矿

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v.exploit a mine; open out/up a mine
- shòu huán jìng yīn sù de yǐng xiǎng kāi kuàng bèi fǒu jué le
  受环境因素的影响，开矿被否决了。
  Permission to open a mine was denied on environmental grounds.
- bì xū zài kāi kuàng qián gǎo qīng chu yǒu guān kāi kuàng gèng duō de qíng kuàng
  必须在开矿前搞清楚有关开矿更多的情况。
  Something more about it must be got clear before mining.
synonym
kāi cǎi开采 cǎi kuàng采矿

Word usage

Separable word
"开" and "矿" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 我们已经在这儿开了5年矿了。
  We have been mining for five years here.
- 你们是什么时候来这里开的矿？
  When did you come here to open the mine?
- 以前有人在这儿开过矿。
  Someone mined here before.

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