póu

掊

Character · VerbTraditional抔

amass; excavate

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

verb

to amass; to accumulate; to scrape together

literary

Often used in classical or literary contexts to describe gathering wealth or resources, sometimes by unscrupulous means.

Tān贪
guān官
wū污
lì吏
 ，
sì肆
yì意
póu抔
liǎn敛
 。

Corrupt officials arbitrarily amassed wealth.

Mín民
zhī脂
mín民
gāo膏
 ，
qǐ岂
kě可
rèn任
qí其
póu抔
kuò括
 ？

How can we allow the people's hard-earned wealth to be scraped away?

2.

verb

to excavate; to dig out

literary

Refers to digging or hollowing out, often used in older texts.

Póu抔
tǔ土
wéi为
xué穴
 。

To dig out earth to make a cave.

Xī昔
rén人
céng曾
yú于
cǐ此
póu抔
jǐng井
qǔ取
shuǐ水
 。

People in the past once dug a well here to fetch water.