Definition

Examples

• 工人们正在开挖地基。
  Gōngrénmen zhèngzài kāi wā dìjī.
  The workers are excavating the foundation.
• 考古学家小心地开挖古墓。
  Kǎogǔxuéjiā xiǎoxīn de kāi wā gǔmù.
  The archaeologists carefully excavate the ancient tomb.
• 他们用机器开挖了一条沟。
  Tāmen yòng jīqì kāi wā le yì tiáo gōu.
  They used a machine to excavate a ditch.