打捞

打撈

dǎlāo

verb HSK 7-9 #16,437

Meanings

1 to salvage; to dredge up
2 to fish out (from water)

Characters

to do; to carry out

to scoop up; to fish out

Literally 'to carry out a scooping' - retrieving things from water.

Examples

HSK 5

他们正在打捞沉船。

Tāmen zhèngzài dǎlāo chénchuán.

They are salvaging the sunken ship.

HSK 5

打捞工作已经持续了三天。

Dǎlāo gōngzuò yǐjīng chíxù le sān tiān.

The salvage operation has been going on for three days.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

捞 lāo