They're panning for gold.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
淘金
to pan for gold
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to pan for gold
02
(fig.) to seek quick profits; to cash in (on an opportunity)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 淘金 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 淘金 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
In 1848, people came to California to dig for gold.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 淘金.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 淘金.
Directly before
- 加利福尼亚淘金1
- 正在淘金1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 淘金
What does 淘金 mean in Chinese?
淘金 (táojīn) means to pan for gold.
How do you pronounce 淘金?
淘金 is pronounced táojīn.
Is 淘金 an HSK word?
淘金 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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