# 发掘 (fājué)

In Mandarin Chinese, 发掘 (fājué) means “to excavate; to unearth; to tap into”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to excavate; to unearth; to tap into
- Pinyin: fājué (fa1 jue2)
- Traditional: 發掘
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 学校要发掘学生的潜力。
  Xuéxiào yào fājué xuésheng de qiánlì.
  Schools should tap into students' potential.

## Characters

- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue
- 掘 (jué): to dig

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-jue-excavate/

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