开采

Traditional form:

開採

Pinyin (reading):

kāicǎi

Definitions:

• to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)
• to exploit
• to mine

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 采 - to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 採 - to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck