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打捞

打撈
dǎlāo
verb HSK 7 #16,437

Meanings

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

Characters

打
dǎ
to do; to carry out
捞
lāo
to scoop up; to fish out
Literally 'to carry out a scooping' — retrieving things from water.

Examples

他们正在打捞沉船。
Tāmen zhèngzài dǎlāo chénchuán.
They are salvaging the sunken ship.
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