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Trad. 撈取
- to dredge up; to scoop up from the water
- to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
Trad. 撈本
- to get one's money back (esp. gambling)
- to recoup one's losings
Trad. 撈錢
- lit. to dredge for money
- to make money by reprehensible means
- to fish for a quick buck
Trad. 打撈
- to salvage
- to dredge
- to fish out (person or object from the sea)
Trad. 撈什子
- encumbrance
- burden
- that awful thing (colloquial)
- nuisance
Trad. 撈油水
- (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
Trad. 撈稻草
- (fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation)
- to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
Trad. 水果撈
- fruit medley in coconut milk – a chilled dessert consisting of assorted fresh fruits served in sweetened coconut milk, yogurt or fruit syrup
Trad. 沙撈越
- Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
Trad. 海底撈
- Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
Trad. 大海撈針
- lit. to fish a needle from the sea
- to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
Trad. 海底撈月
- see 水中撈月|水中捞月[shui3 zhong1 lao1 yue4]
- (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round
Trad. 海底撈針
- see 大海撈針|大海捞针[da4 hai3 lao1 zhen1]
Trad. 水中撈月
- lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
- fig. a hopeless endeavor