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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
捕撈	捕捞	[bu3 lao1]	/to fish for (aquatic animals and plants)/to catch/	5651	1
打撈	打捞	[da3 lao1]	/to salvage/to dredge/to fish out (person or object from the sea)/	6896	1
大海撈針	大海捞针	[da4 hai3 lao1 zhen1]	/lit. to fish a needle from the sea/to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)/	6101	1
海底撈	海底捞	[Hai3 di3 lao1]	/Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994/	2609	1
海底撈針	海底捞针	[hai3 di3 lao1 zhen1]	/see 大海撈針\|大海捞针[da4 hai3 lao1 zhen1]/	5729	1
海底撈月	海底捞月	[[hai3di3-lao1yue4]]	/see 水中撈月\|水中捞月[shui3zhong1-lao1yue4]/(mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round/	807	2
救撈局	救捞局	[jiu4 lao1 ju2]	/sea rescue service/lifeboat service/	6896	1
撈	捞	[lao1]	/to fish up/to dredge up/	6533	1
撈本	捞本	[lao1 ben3]	/to get one's money back (esp. gambling)/to recoup one's losings/	6533	1
撈稻草	捞稻草	[lao1 dao4 cao3]	/(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation)/to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)/	2214	1
撈錢	捞钱	[lao1 qian2]	/lit. to dredge for money/to make money by reprehensible means/to fish for a quick buck/	6533	1
撈什子	捞什子	[lao1 shi2 zi5]	/encumbrance/burden/that awful thing (colloquial)/nuisance/	6079	1
撈外快	捞外快	[[lao1 wai4kuai4]]	/to make extra money/	546	2
撈一把	捞一把	[lao1 yi1 ba3]	/to profiteer/to gain some underhand advantage/	6526	1
撈油水	捞油水	[lao1 you2 shui3]	/(coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)/	4497	1
撈女	捞女	[[lao1nü3]]	/(slang) gold digger; woman who pursues men for money/	369	2
撈取	捞取	[[lao1qu3]]	/to dredge up; to scoop up from the water/to fish for; to gain (by improper means)/	867	2
砂拉越	砂拉越	[Sha1 la1 yue4]	/see 沙撈越\|沙捞越[Sha1 lao1 yue4]/	5581	1
沙撈越	沙捞越	[Sha1 lao1 yue4]	/Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲\|婆罗洲/	4272	1
水果撈	水果捞	[[shui3guo3lao1]]	/fruit medley in coconut milk – a chilled dessert consisting of assorted fresh fruits served in sweetened coconut milk, yogurt or fruit syrup/	450	2
水中撈月	水中捞月	[[shui3zhong1-lao1yue4]]	/(lit.) to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)/(fig.) a hopeless endeavor/	69	2
漁撈	渔捞	[yu2 lao1]	/fishing (as a commercial activity)/	6840	1

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