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- to dig a hole
- (fig.) to make things difficult for sb
- (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
Trad. 挖墳
- to dig a grave
- (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc)
- to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)
- to raid (a competitor for its talent)
- Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]
Trad. 挖牆腳
- to undermine
- to let someone down
- to seduce someone away from something
- to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
- to rack one's brains
Trad. 挖肉補瘡
- to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
- see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]