挖坟 挖墳 wā fén to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc) 陂 bēi pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2] 宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond 池塘 chí táng pool / pond syn 水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 水潭 shuǐ tán water pool / pond syn 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 旁氏 páng shì Pond's (brand of skin care products) 池沼 chí zhǎo pool / pond syn 泽 澤 zé pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist syn 荡 蕩 dàng to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond syn 池 chí pond / reservoir / moat syn 塘 táng dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool syn 沼 zhǎo pond / pool syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 潴 瀦 zhū pool / pond 溏 táng half congealed / pond 竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 埧 jù diked pond 涂潭 塗潭 tú tán muddy water in a pool or pond 水凼 shuǐ dàng pond 池鹭 池鷺 chí lù (bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) 沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) 滊 xiē saline pond 潭子 tán zi deep natural pond 潭底 tán dǐ bottom of a (deep) pond 潭影 tán yǐng reflection in a deep pond 稳定塘 穩定塘 wěn dìng táng waste stabilization pond 隐潭 隱潭 yǐn tán hidden pond or pool 庞氏 龐氏 páng shì Ponzi (name) / Pond's (brand of skin care products), also written 旁氏 许愿池 許願池 xǔ yuàn chí wishing pond 尾矿池 yǐ kuàng chí tailings pond 尾水池 yǐ shuǐ chí tailings pond 太阳能池 太陽能池 tài yáng néng chí solar pond 池塘生物 pond life 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim 碧池 bì chí bitch (loanword) (Internet slang) / clear water pond 陂塘 bēi táng pool / pond 塘堰 táng yàn irrigation pond or dam syn 泡子 pāo zi small lake / pond syn 爪哇池鹭 爪哇池鷺 zhǎo wā chí lù (bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) 挖掘 wā jué to excavate / (lit and fig.) to unearth / to dig into syn 钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into syn 出土 chū tǔ to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground 开动 開動 kāi dòng to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating) syn 开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging syn 挖坑 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project 挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains syn 打洞 dǎ dòng to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow 开掘 開掘 kāi jué to dig / to excavate / (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings syn 挖开 挖開 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into 探矿 探礦 tàn kuàng to prospect / to dig for coal or minerals syn 挖洞 wā dòng to dig a hole 自取灭亡 自取滅亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave syn 挖掉 wā diào to dig out / to eradicate 自掘坟墓 自掘墳墓 zì jué fén mù to dig one's own grave syn 凿井 鑿井 záo jǐng to dig a well 开河 開河 kāi hé to open a river / to dig a canal / to thaw (of river) syn 刨根 páo gēn lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter) 挑 tiǎo to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up syn 钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn 挖 wā to dig / to excavate / to scoop out syn 掘 jué to dig syn 拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched syn 凿 鑿 záo (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel / to dig / (literary) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4] syn 扒 bā to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig syn 锄 鋤 chú a hoe / to hoe or dig / to weed / to get rid of syn 刨 páo to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract syn 抠 摳 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn 刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 穵 wā to dig / to scoop out 罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó què jué shǔ lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom) / fig. hard pressed for cash / on the verge of bankruptcy 临渴穿井 臨渴穿井 lín kě chuān jǐng lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom) / fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late 钻故纸堆 鑽故紙堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers 竁 cuì dig a hole 搰 hú to dig / to mix 坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together 挖穴 wā xué to excavate / to dig out a cave 文化层 文化層 wén huà céng cultural layer (in an archaeological dig) 疏挖 shū wā to dredge / to dig out (a channel) 临渴掘井 臨渴掘井 lín kě jué jǐng lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty / to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom) syn 掘出 jué chū to exhume / to unearth / to dig out 坋 bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4] 打坐坡 dǎ zuò pō (of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward / (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward / (fig.) to dig one's heels in 打井 dǎ jǐng to dig a well syn 自掏腰包 zì tāo yāo bāo to pay out of one's own pocket / to dig into one's pocket 圣 kū to dig syn 自然层 自然層 zì rán céng natural layer (in an archaeological dig) 罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó què - jué shǔ lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation) 食指大动 食指大動 shí zhǐ - dà dòng (idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food 