挖穴

wāxué
  1. to excavate
  2. to dig out a cave

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 挖 wā
  1. to dig
  2. to excavate
  3. to scoop out
2 穴 xué
  1. cave
  2. cavity
  3. hole
  4. acupuncture point
  5. Taiwan pr. xuè

Related entries

挖空 wākōng
  1. to excavate
  2. to hollow
采掘 cǎijué
  1. to excavate
  2. to extract (ore)
发掘 fājué
  1. to excavate
  2. to explore
  3. (fig.) to unearth
  4. to tap into
湯姆是位考古學家，在領導羅馬附近的發掘項目。

Tom is an archaeologist leading the excavations near Rome.

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刨 páo
  1. to dig
  2. to excavate
  3. (coll.) to exclude
  4. not to count
  5. to deduct
  6. to subtract
挖 wā
  1. to dig
  2. to excavate
  3. to scoop out
他挖了一个洞。

He dug a hole.

Source: Tatoeba