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捞

lāo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 撈

What 捞 means

1. to fish up
2. to dredge up

Example sentences

• 这好比大海捞针。
  Zhè hǎobǐ dàhǎilāozhēn.
  It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
• 船的残骸从海底被打捞上来。
  Chuán de cánhái cóng hǎidǐ bèi dǎlāo shànglái.
  The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.
• 想从贼身上捞点儿什么是很难的
  Xiǎng cóng zéi shēnshang lāo diǎnr shénme shì hěn nán de
  It's hard to steal from a thief.
• 想从贼身上捞点儿什幺是很难的
  It's hard to steal from a thief.

Words starting with 捞

• 捞钱lāo qiánlit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
• 捞取lāo qǔto dredge up; to scoop up from the water; to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
• 捞女lāo nǚ(slang) gold digger; woman who pursues men for money
• 捞本lāo běnto get one's money back (esp. gambling); to recoup one's losings
• 捞外快lāo wài kuàito make extra money
• 捞油水lāo yóu shuǐ(colloquial) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
• 捞稻草lāo dào cǎo(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation); to take advantage of the situation…
• 捞一把lāo yī bǎto profiteer; to gain some underhand advantage
• 捞什子lāo shí ziencumbrance; burden; that awful thing (colloquial)

Words containing 捞

• 打捞dǎ lāoto salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)
• 捕捞bǔ lāoto fish for (aquatic animals and plants); to catch
• 渔捞yú lāofishing (as a commercial activity)
• 救捞局jiù lāo júsea rescue service; lifeboat service
• 水果捞shuǐ guǒ lāofruit medley in coconut milk – a chilled dessert consisting of assorted fresh fruits…
• 沙捞越Shā lāo yuèSarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆罗洲
• 海底捞Hǎi dǐ lāoHaidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
• 大海捞针dà hǎi lāo zhēnlit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
• 水中捞月shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè(lit.) to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom); (fig.) a hopeless endeavor
• 海底捞月hǎi dǐ lāo yuèsee 水中捞月; (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round
• 海底捞针hǎi dǐ lāo zhēnsee 大海捞针

Characters built on 劳

These share the phonetic component 劳 (láo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 唠láoused in 唠叨
• 涝làoflooded
• 崂láoname of a mountain in Shandong
• 痨láotuberculosis
• 铹láolawrencium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 捞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 捎shāoto bring sth to sb; to deliver
• 捱áivariant of 挨
• 捋lǚto smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke

Sounds the same

Read lāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

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