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to dig / to excavate / to scoop out
HSK 6
to mine ore or minerals / (computing) to mine cryptocurrency
to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
HSK 7-9
to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out / to start digging
to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something
to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5]
HSK 7-9
excavator
excavator; excavating machine
to poach (talent, personnel from competitors) / to raid (a competitor for its talent) / Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]
to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
to dredge
to excavate / to dig out a cave
data mining
to excavate / to hollow
excavator / backhoe
excavator / bulldozer
earpick / curette
dredger
to pick one's nose
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
ear pick
to dredge
earpick / curette
(dialect) earpick / curette
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
to dig a hole
to dig out / to eradicate
to dig into / to cut a mine into
to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc)
to dredge / to dig out (a channel)


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