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淘金

to pan for gold

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

tao2jin1 • táojīn

Meaning

Primary

to pan for gold

Alternatives

pan for gold, panning for gold, pans for gold, panned for gold, gold panning

Mnemonic

淘金 To pan for gold is 淘 to rinse the soil in a given area in order to find bits of 金 gold in it.

Usage

他 去 山上 淘金。

He went to the mountains to pan for gold.

他 整年 都 在 淘金。

He panned for gold all year.

你 知道 怎麼 淘金 嗎？

Do you know how to pan for gold?