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掘 jué

to dig, to excavate

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
扌
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 扌屈 ⿰扌屈

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  1. 他们在花园里挖掘出了一个宝箱。
    Tāmen zài huāyuán lǐ wājué chū le yí ge bǎoxiāng.
    They dug up a treasure box in the garden.
    they at garden-inside dig-out (particle) one (measure) treasure-box
  2. 这项技术能帮助我们更好地挖掘数据价值。
    Zhè xiàng jìshù néng bāngzhù wǒmen gèng hǎo de wājué shùjù jiàzhí.
    This technology can help us better tap into the value of data.
    this (measure) technology can help us more good (particle) dig-out data value
  3. 你觉得这块地下面会不会埋着什么可以挖掘的东西？
    Nǐ juéde zhè kuài dì xiàmiàn huì bu huì mái zhe shénme kěyǐ wājué de dōngxi?
    Do you think there might be something buried under this land worth digging up?
    you think this (measure) land under will not-will bury-continuous what can dig (particle) thing (question)
  4. 这个矿区已经没有可挖掘的资源了。
    Zhège kuàngqū yǐjīng méiyǒu kě wājué de zīyuán le.
    This mining area no longer has resources that can be excavated.
    this (measure) mining-area already not-have can dig (particle) resource (particle)
  5. 上个世纪，这里曾大规模地挖掘过煤矿。
    Shàng ge shìjì, zhèlǐ céng dà guīmó de wājué guò méikuàng.
    Last century, coal mines were extensively excavated here.
    last (measure) century, here once large-scale (particle) dig-over coal-mine

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