挖土 (wā tǔ) — to dig up soil; to excavate earth

Définition

挖土 is a verb-object phrase: to dig up soil, typically for construction, farming, or excavation. Note the verb-object split — 在这里挖土, 挖了一点土. Contrast with 挖 (wā), which is just the verb 'to dig' (a hole, a tunnel).

verb
to dig up soilto excavate earth

Exemples

  • 挖土
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài wā tǔ.
    The workers are digging soil right now.
  • Tā men wā le yì tiān de tǔ, zhōng yú bǎ dì jī dǎ hǎo le.
    They dug soil for a whole day and finally laid the foundation.
  • Kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài zhè lǐ wā guò hěn duō tǔ, fā xiàn le bù shǎo wén wù.
    Archaeologists have dug a lot of soil here and found many artifacts.

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