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  • 1

    v.dig; excavate; scoop; unearth

    • zhàn háo wā hǎo le

      战壕好了

      The trench has been dug.

    • nà shí hou wǒ men cháng cháng chū qu wā yě cài

      时候我们常常出去野菜

      In those days, we often went to dig for wild vegetables.

    • shì bīng men zhèng zài wā hé chuáng shang de yū ní

      士兵正在河床淤泥

      The soldiers are dredging the mud from the riverbed.

  • 2

    v.dialscratch with one's fingernail

    • wā shāng

      scratch with one's fingernail

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Words and phrases with 挖

  • 挖人
    [word]poach talents
  • 挖兜
    [word]inset pocket
  • 挖根
    [word]dig something up by the roots
  • 挖沟铲斗
    [word]ditch-digging bucket
  • 挖角儿
    [word]poach a star actor or actress
  • 挖苦
    [word]speak sarcastically or ironically
  • 挖坑
    [word]scoop out/dig a hole in ground; set traps
  • 挖泥船
    [word]dredger
  • 挖角
    [word]poach talent
  • 挖肉补疮
    [idiom]adopt certain measures in response to an emergency at the expense of one's long term interests
  • 挖耳当招
    [idiom]mistake other's ear-picking as hailing oneself
  • 挖空心思
    [idiom]rack one's brains

Similar-form characters to 挖

Chinese Characters with pinyin

  • sound of crying or vomiting
  • frog
  • depression
  • low-lying area; sink