Word information
Simplified挖坑
Traditional挖坑
Pinyinwā kēng
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Chinese word dictionary
挖坑
wā kēng · to dig a hole; (fig.) to make things difficult for sb; (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
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Words with the same characters
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挖wā
to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over; variant of 坑[keng1]
挖掘wājuéto excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
挖苦wākuto speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wa1 ku5]