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lāo

to dredge up; to fish for; to scoop out of the water

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 劳 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 10 strokes Common (25%)

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Component Tree i

shǒu
hand
📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手
3 strokes
láo
to labor, to toil; to do manual work
💡 Ideographic: A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 艹
7 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 捞 (17)

lāo
HSK 6
to fish up / to dredge up
lāoqián
捞钱
lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
lāoshízi
捞什子
encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance
lāoqǔ
捞取
to fish for / to seek profit (by improper means)
lāoběn
捞本
to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings
lāoyóushuǐ
捞油水
(coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
lāodàocǎo
捞稻草
to fish for a straw / futile attempt to gain profit
jiùlāojú
救捞局
sea rescue service / lifeboat service
shuǐzhōnglāoyuè
水中捞月
to fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion
Shālāoyuè
沙捞越
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo [[婆羅洲|婆罗洲]]
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