挖開

挖开
wākāi
  1. to dig into
  2. to cut a mine into

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Entry Composition

1 挖 wā
  1. to dig
  2. to excavate
  3. to scoop out
2 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format

Related entries

鑽進 zuānjìn
  1. to get into
  2. to dig into (studies, job etc)
  3. to squeeze into
我窘得想找個洞鑽進去。

I'm so embarrassed I could dig a hole and crawl into it.

Source: Tatoeba

鑽 zuān
  1. to drill
  2. to bore
  3. to get into
  4. to make one's way into
  5. to enter (a hole)
  6. to thread one's way through
  7. to study intensively
  8. to dig into
  9. to curry favor for personal gain
他在牆上鑽了個洞，把膨脹螺栓塞進去，擰上一顆螺絲，然後在螺絲上掛了一幅阿爾卑斯山的畫。

He drilled a hole in the wall, pushed a Rawlplug into it, screwed in a screw, and hung on the screw a picture of the Alps.

Source: Tatoeba