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7-9

to excavate

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

fa1jue2 fājué

Meaning


Primary

to excavate

Alternatives

excavate, excavated, excavating, excavates, to unearth, unearth

Mnemonic


发掘 To excavate is 掘 to dig a hole for the purpose of finding buried things that you can 发 send out above ground and out into the open.

Usage


工人 发掘 古老 的 城市。

Workers excavate an ancient city.

考古学家 发掘 遗址。

Archaeologists excavate a site.

他们 在 山 上 发掘 化石。

They excavate fossils on the mountain.