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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

挖wā

to dig / to excavate / to scoop out

Full entry
挖掘wā jué

to excavate / (lit and fig.) to unearth / to dig into

挖苦wā kǔ

to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wā ku]

开挖kāi wā

to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging

挖人wā rén

to poach an employee (often from a competitor)

挖土机wā tǔ jī

excavator / backhoe

挖坑wā kēng

to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project

挖坟wā fén

to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc)

挖掉wā diào

to dig out / to eradicate

挖掘机wā jué jī

excavator / excavating machine

挖掘机械wā jué jī xiè

excavator / bulldozer

挖机wā jī

excavator / excavating machine (abbr. for 挖掘機|挖掘机[wā jué jī])

挖泥船wā ní chuán

dredger

挖洞wā dòng

to dig a hole

挖浚wā jùn

to dredge

挖墙脚wā qiáng jiǎo

to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something

挖矿wā kuàng

to mine ore or minerals / (computing) to mine cryptocurrency

挖穴wā xué

to excavate / to dig out a cave

挖空wā kōng

to excavate / to hollow

挖空心思wā kōng xīn si

to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains

挖耳勺wā ěr sháo

ear pick

挖肉补疮wā ròu bǔ chuāng

to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

挖角wā jué

to poach (talent, personnel from competitors) / to raid (a competitor for its talent) / Taiwan pr. [wā jiǎo]

挖开wā kāi

to dig into / to cut a mine into

挖鼻子wā bí zi

to pick one's nose

吃水不忘挖井人chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rén

see 吃水不忘掘井人[chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén]

数据挖掘shù jù wā jué

data mining

深挖shēn wā

to dredge

疏挖shū wā

to dredge / to dig out (a channel)

耳挖ěr wā

earpick / curette

耳挖勺ěr wā sháo

(dialect) earpick / curette

耳挖子ěr wā zi

earpick / curette

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