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发掘

fā jué

2-character word Traditional 發掘

What 发掘 means

1. to excavate
2. to explore
3. (fig.) to unearth
4. to tap into

The characters in 发掘

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 掘juéto dig

Example sentences

• 汤姆是位考古学家，在领导罗马附近的发掘项目。
  Tom is an archaeologist leading the excavations near Rome.
• 我敢打赌，在Tom Waits发掘它当幕后支援前你从来没有听说过斯特罗小提琴！无论如何，1920年代末前它采用了一个大型金属喇叭谐振器来代替木制音箱，以便它可以更好地被录音设备收音。
  Wǒ gǎn dǎdǔ, zài T om Waits fājué tā dāng mùhòu zhīyuán qián nǐ cóngláiméiyǒu tīngshuō guo sī tè luó xiǎotíqín! wúlùnrúhé,1920 niándài mò qián tā cǎiyòng le yī gè dàxíng jīnshǔ lǎba xiézhèn qì lái dàitì mùzhì yīnxiāng, yǐbiàn tā kěyǐ gèng hǎo de bèi lùyīn shèbèi shōuyīn.
  I bet you'd never heard of a Stroh violin before Tom Waits dug it back up! Anyway, it used a large metal horn as its resonator instead of a wooden box so it could be picked up better by recording equipment before the late 1920s.

Sounds the same

Read fā jué, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 发觉to become aware; to detect; to realize