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HSK 6
掘
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (17)
开掘
kāijué
to excavate
挖掘
wājué
to excavate
掘出
juéchū
to exhume
掘客
Juékè
Digg (social news website)
采掘
cǎijué
to excavate
发掘
fājué
to excavate
罗掘
luójué
to scrape around for money
挖掘机
wājuéjī
excavator
掘土机
juétǔjī
excavator
临渴掘井
línkějuéjǐng
lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty
数据挖掘
shùjùwājué
data mining
自掘坟墓
zìjuéfénmù
to dig one's own grave
挖掘机械
wājuéjīxiè
excavator
掘墓工人
juémùgōngrén
grave digger
罗雀掘鼠
luóquèjuéshǔ
lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
掘墓鞭尸
juémùbiānshī
to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
吃水不忘掘井人
chīshuǐbùwàngjuéjǐngrén
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,211
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,832 of 84,292