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Character « 挖 »

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Character
挖
(9 stroke)
Radical
扌 (手)
(+6 stroke)
Pinyin
wā

Input methods

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UnicodeU+6316

挖 (挖) wā

General meaning
Definitions
Words
Vocabulary

◎ 掘，掏：～掘。～墙脚（喻拆台）。～空心思。
◎ 抓：～破了。

Verb

(挖为穵的俗字。形声。从手,穵( wā )声。本作“穵”。穵,空大的意思。本义:掘)
同本义 [dig;excavate]。如:挖土;挖井;挖河;挖窖(挖掘窖藏);挖隧道;挖防空洞;挖心(掏心。比喻痛心,痛苦);挖花(一种赌博方式)
引申为探索;深入研究 [explore;probe]。如:把问题挖得愈深愈好
抓。用爪子或指甲抓 [scratch]。如:把那猫头鹰的眼睛挖了出来
镂,镂空 [hollow out]

头上戴着一顶挖云鹅黄片金里大红猩猩毡昭君套。——《红楼梦》
又如:挖云(镂穿成云头形的边饰);挖垫(旧时女红之一。把布帛镂穿成各种花样,在后面垫上不同颜色的布帛做衬托);挖镶(镂空镶嵌)
掏取。用工具或手从物体内向外扒出 [pick (nose,ear)]

见他袖子里头挖出一张片子来。——清· 蘧园《负曝闲谈》
又如:挖耳朵;挖单(魔术师用的双层布单,泛指包袱皮)
〈方〉∶敲打 [knock at]。如:混帐东西,再讲,挖你一烟袋脑壳(湘西话)

挖补 ( 挖補 ) wā bǔ
[mend by replacing a damaged part] 把坏的部分去掉,用新的补上
挖洞 wā dòng
[mine] 掘穴;打地洞

幼虫在树中挖洞
挖方 wā fāng
[excavation (of earth or stone);cubage of excavation] 施工时挖掘的土石方
挖角 wā jiǎo
[undermine] 把别的戏班中有叫座能力的演员用较高报酬或其他手段拉入自己的戏班
挖掘 wā jué
[excavate;dig;unearth] 向下挖以发掘

挖掘文物
挖苦 wā kǔ
[whip;speak sarcastically;disparage sb. by innuendoes] 用俏皮话讽刺

他们一定会用俏皮话挖苦我
挖潜 ( 挖潛 ) wā qián
[tap the latent power] 挖掘蕴藏的潜力
挖墙脚 ( 挖牆腳 ) wā qiáng jiǎo
[cut the ground from under sb's feet;undermine the foundation] 比喻拆台

你能挖我的墙脚,我就不会推你的墙
挖腰包 wā yāo bāo
[foot a bill;pay out of one's own purse] 出钱

公上要派钱的时候,还得你自己挖腰包。——艾芜《丰饶的原野》
挖角儿 ( 挖角兒 ) wā jiǎo r
同"挖角"。
挖耳当招 ( 挖耳當招 ) wā 'ěr -dāng zhāo
[overanxious for quick results] 将别人举手挖耳朵当作招呼自己。比喻期盼迫切时的误会

那吴衙内记挂着贺小姐,一夜卧不安稳。早上贺司户相邀,正是挖耳当招。——《醒世恒言》
挖空心思 wā kōng -xīn si
[rack one’s brains;cudgel one's brains;think hard] 煞费苦心,设计谋划

挖空心思,投机钻营
挖肉补疮 ( 挖肉補瘡 ) wā ròu -bǔ chuāng
[cut out a piece of flesh to patch a boil;rob one's belly to cover one's back] 比喻只图眼前,用有害的方法来应急