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撈

lāo

scoop out of water; dredge, fish

Strokes
15
Radical
手
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 捞

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 捞, the simplified form of 撈. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 这好比大海捞针。

    Zhè hǎo bǐ dà hǎi lāo zhēn

    It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

    Shadow

  • 想从贼身上捞点儿什么是很难的

    Xiǎng cóng zéi shēn shang lāo diǎn r shén me shì hěn nán de

    It's hard to steal from a thief.

  • 船的残骸从海底被打捞上来。

    Chuán de cán hái cóng hǎi dǐ bèi dǎ lāo shàng lái

    The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 捞

  • 捞lāo 1to fish up; to dredge up
  • 打捞dǎ lāo 3–1 to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)