to dig or excavate; to unearth something buried

to tap into or bring out something hidden or latent, such as talent, potential, or ideas

Excavator; a heavy construction machine used for digging and earthmoving.

to dig or excavate underground tunnels, as in mining or other engineering projects

To do something that leads to one's own destruction or downfall; to bring about one's own ruin.

to dig up or extract minerals and resources; to excavate; to mine

To start digging or excavating, especially for minerals or infrastructure projects like canals and tunnels

to dig up or excavate illegally in order to steal items (such as treasures from ancient tombs) or corpses

A person whose job is to dig graves

Excavation machine used for digging earth and rock, typically consisting of a boom, dipper, and bucket; also known as a power shovel.

(idiom) to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute; to fail to make timely preparations and act only when a crisis is at hand

to dig up someone's grave and publicly whip their body; to take revenge on someone after they are dead

Literally "to net sparrows and dig out rats"; describes trying every possible means to obtain food during a famine or straining to scrape money together in times of extreme poverty.

(idiom) always remember and be grateful to those who helped you succeed or who made your present life possible

excavator; bulldozer; machinery used for digging and earthmoving earth

to dig out; to unearth or exhume

grave digger; person whose job is to dig graves

to dig a trench; to dig in

The social news website Digg

to dig through the walls of a house to find a rat; a metaphor for suffering a large loss in pursuit of a small gain or losing more than one gains

To make a hole or cave; to dig out a tunnel.

to dig through or excavate until an opening is formed

Any of the class of mollusks commonly known as tusk shells or tooth shells; they have long, tubular shells and a foot adapted for digging into sand.

to dig for gold; to mine for gold

The process of automatically searching large volumes of data for hidden patterns or specific information; a step in the process of knowledge discovery in databases.

to extract patterns and knowledge from large sets of data

(abbreviation) to try by all means to raise money; to contrive ways to survive when in financial straits; shortened from [[罗雀掘鼠|羅雀掘鼠|luo2 que4 jue2 shu3]]

Used to describe being in a desperate situation where all means of raising money or gathering supplies have been used up; at the end of one's rope financially.