kāi​cǎi HSK7

to mine; mining

开采 開采 kāi​cǎi
variant 開採
to mine; mining verb
to extract or exploit (natural resources such as minerals or oil); mining or exploitation

In short, this means that humans have been mining and refining gold for more than 6,600 years.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.94 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
12.7 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources