Chinese symbol for “undermine”
挖墙脚
wā qiáng jiǎo
Traditional: 挖牆腳
to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
The closest CC-CEDICT match for undermine is 挖墙脚 (wā qiáng jiǎo), defined as: to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “undermine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颠覆 (顛覆) | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize |
| 败坏 (敗壞) | bài huài | to ruin; to corrupt |
| 妨害 | fáng hài | to jeopardize; to be harmful to |
| 倾覆 (傾覆) | qīng fù | to capsize; to collapse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 挖墙脚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挖掘 | wā jué | to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into |
| 开挖 (開挖) | kāi wā | to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out; to start digging |
| 挖掘机 (挖掘機) | wā jué jī | excavator; excavating machine |
| 挖苦 | wā kǔ | to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks |
| 挖矿 (挖礦) | wā kuàng | to mine ore or minerals; (computing) to mine cryptocurrency |
| 挖洞 | wā dòng | to dig a hole |
| 城墙 (城牆) | chéng qiáng | city wall |
| 墙壁 (牆壁) | qiáng bì | wall |
| 脚步 (腳步) | jiǎo bù | footstep; step |
See also: Japanese symbol for “undermine”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.