tàn kuàng zhědictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
prospector / person exploring for minerals
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Original source entry:

探礦者 探矿者 [tan4 kuang4 zhe3] /prospector/person exploring for minerals/

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Other forms in these source records: 探礦者

  • 探
    tàn

    to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward

  • 矿
    kuàng

    mineral deposit / ore deposit / ore / a mine

  • 者
    zhě

    (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

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