挖 waat³ {wā}

to persuade one to switch employment

挖 waat³ {wā}

1. to dig
2. to excavate
3. to scoop out

挖角 {wājiǎo}

1. to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)
2. to raid (a competitor for its talent)
3. Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]

挖苦 waa¹ fu² {wā kǔ}

1. to speak sarcastically
2. to make cutting remarks

挖掉 waat³ diu⁶ {wā diào}

1. to dig out
2. to eradicate

挖洞 waat³ dung⁶ {wā dòng}

to dig a hole

挖角 waat³ gok³ {wā jué}

1. to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)
2. to raid (a competitor for its talent)
3. Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]

挖掘 waat³ gwat⁶ {wā jué}

1. to excavate
2. to dig
3. to unearth

挖開〔-开〕 waat³ hoi¹ {wā kāi}

1. to dig into
2. to cut a mine into

挖空 waat³ hung¹ {wā kōng}

1. to excavate
2. to hollow

挖穴 waat³ jyut⁶ {wā xué}

1. to excavate
2. to dig out a cave

挖礦〔-矿〕 waat³ kwong³ {wā kuàng}

1. to dig a mine
2. mining

挖浚 waat³ zeon³ {wā jùn}

to dredge

挖鼻子 waat³ bei⁶ zi² {wā bí zi}

to pick one's nose

挖牆腳〔-墙脚〕 waat³ coeng⁴ goek³ {wā qiáng jiǎo}

1. to undermine
2. to let someone down
3. to seduce someone away from something

挖掘機〔--机〕 waat³ gwat⁶ gei¹ {wā jué jī}

excavator

挖土機〔--机〕 waat³ tou² gei¹ {wā tǔ jī}

1. excavator
2. backhoe

挖掘機械〔--机-〕 waat³ gwat⁶ gei¹ haai⁶ {wā jué jī xiè}

1. excavator
2. bulldozer

挖空心思 waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹ {wā kōng xīn si}

1. to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
2. to rack one's brains

挖肉補瘡〔--补疮〕 waat³ juk⁶ bou² cong¹ {wā ròu bǔ chuāng}

to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

挖肉攞瘡生〔---疮-〕 waat³ juk⁶ lo² cong¹ sang¹ {wā ròu luō chuāng shēng}

asking for trouble