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开凿

kāi záo

2-character word Traditional 開鑿

What 开凿 means

1. to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

The characters in 开凿

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…

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