挖角

挖

• 挖掘 wā jué ㄨㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ waat3 gwat6 to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
• 挖苦 wā kǔ ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ waa1 fu2 to speak sarcastically
• 挖坑 wā kēng ㄨㄚ ㄎㄥ waat3 haang1 to dig a hole
• 挖坟 挖墳 wā fén ㄨㄚ ㄈㄣˊ waat3 fan4 to dig a grave
• 挖掉 wā diào ㄨㄚ ㄉㄧㄠˋ waat3 diu6 to dig out

角

• 三角 sān jiǎo ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ saam1 gok3 triangle
• 主角 zhǔ jué ㄓㄨˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ zyu2 gok3 leading role; lead
• 墙角 牆角 qiáng jiǎo ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ coeng4 gok3 corner (junction of two walls)
• 棱角 稜角 léng jiǎo ㄌㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ling4 gok3 edge and corner
• 视角 視角 shì jiǎo ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ si6 gok3 angle from which one observes an object

• 挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄙ waat3 hung1 sam1 si1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
• 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng ㄨㄚ ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ waat3 juk6 bou2 cong1 to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

• 初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo ㄔㄨ ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ co1 lou6 tau4 gok3 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
• 凤毛麟角 鳳毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎo ㄈㄥˋ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ fung6 mou4 leon4 gok3 lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom)
• 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo ㄍㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ngau1 sam1 dau3 gok3 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)