發掘

发掘
fājué
  1. to excavate
  2. to explore
  3. (fig.) to unearth
  4. to tap into

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 發 fā
  1. to send out
  2. to show (one's feeling)
  3. to issue
  4. to develop
  5. to make a bundle of money
  6. classifier for gunshots (rounds)
2 掘 jué to dig