开挖 (kāi wā) — excavate

Definition

Examples

• 工人们正在开挖地基。
  Gōng rén men zhèng zài kāi wā dì jī.
  The workers are excavating the foundation.
• 考古学家小心地开挖古墓。
  Kǎo gǔ xué jiā xiǎo xīn dì kāi wā gǔ mù.
  The archaeologists carefully excavate the ancient tomb.
• 他们用机器开挖了一条沟。
  Tā men yòng jī qì kāi wā le yì tiáo gōu.
  They used a machine to excavate a ditch.