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  • 1

    v.scoop up from a liquid; dredge up

    • dǎ lāo

      salvage

    • jiāng mù tou cóng shuǐ li lāo shàng lai

      木头上来

      Scoop the wood up out of the water.

    • bǔ lāo

      catch

  • 2

    v.get by improper means

    • tā cóng zhōng lāo hǎo chu

      从中好处

      He fishes for personal gains from this.

    • chèn jī lāo yī bǐ qián

      趁机

      seize the opportunity to make a buck

    • tā men néng cóng zhè lǐ lāo dào shén me ne

      他们这里什么

      What good can they get from this?

  • 3

    v.dialgrab; take up; walk off with something

    • lāo tiě xiān

      铁锨

      grab a shovel

    • lāo shǒu liú dàn

      手榴弹

      grab a hand grenade

    • tā lāo zhe yī gēn gùn zi jiù zhuī le chū qu

      棍子出去

      He grabbed a stick and went chasing off.

Words and phrases with 捞

  • 捞油水
    [word]fish for personal gains
  • 捞一把
    [word]fish for personal gains
  • 捞稻草
    [word]clutch at a straw―try to extricate oneself from dangers or difficulties; make capital of something
  • 捞一票
    [word]take undue advantages to seek personal profits
  • 捞钱
    [word]make/earn/dredge money by questionable means
  • 捞面
    [word]get the noodles with chopsticks or a strainer; noodles boiled and strained
  • 捞网
    [word]scrape
  • 捞饭
    [word]rice boiled, strained and then steamed
  • 捞资本
    [word]make political capital

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