挖空

wākōng
  1. to excavate
  2. to hollow

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 挖 wā
  1. to dig
  2. to excavate
  3. to scoop out
2 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain

Containing this entry

挖空心思 wākōngxīnsi
  1. to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
  2. to rack one's brains
挖空心思 wākōngxīnsī

Related entries

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

Source: Tatoeba

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