淘金 [－－]

Jyutping tou4 gam1
Pinyin táo jīn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pan for gold
  2. to try to make a fortune
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, figuratively
    to try to make high profits; to try to strike it rich
    • 到城裡去淘金
      到城里去淘金
      dào chéng lǐ qù táo jīn
      to go to the city to try to strike it rich
  2. verb
    to pan for gold
    • 從沙土中淘金
      从沙土中淘金
      cóng shā tǔ zhōng táo jīn
      to pan for gold in sand
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    1848年人们来加利福尼亚淘金。
    1848年人們來加利福尼亞淘金。
    1848 nián rén men lái jiā lì fú ní yà táo jīn 。
    • In 1848, people came to California to dig for gold.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    淘金
    淘金
    tou4 gam1
    • to pan for gold
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    淘金
    淘金
    táo jīn
    • to pan for gold
  2. Mandarin
    从沙土中淘金
    從沙土中淘金
    cóng shā tǔ zhōng táo jīn
    • to pan for gold in sand
  3. Mandarin
    宋代因为河中出现大量淘金人而改称金沙江。
    宋代因為河中出現大量淘金人而改稱金沙江。
    sòng dài yīn wéi hé zhōng chū xiàn dà liàng táo jīn rén ér gǎi chēng jīn shā jiāng ．
    • During the Song, because of the great number of prospectors in the river, it was renamed as the Jinsha River.
  4. Mandarin
    到城里去淘金
    到城裡去淘金
    dào chéng lǐ qù táo jīn
    • to go to the city to try to strike it rich