开采

kāi cǎi

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 開採

What 开采 means

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)
to exploit
to mine

The characters in 开采

开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect

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