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挖礦

简挖矿 · 繁挖礦

Mandarin · pinyin wā kuàng

to mine ore or minerals
(computing) to mine cryptocurrency

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挖: wā · dig, dig out, gouge out, scoop
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矿: kuàng · mine; mineral, ore

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1–4 · wa1 kuang4

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to mine (to remove ore from the ground)
(computing, figurative) to mine (to earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations)

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