to fish for
Example Sentences
我们在自然保护区里观察到了珍稀的捞。
wǒ men zài zì rán bǎo hù qū lǐ guān chá dào le zhēn xī de lāo.
We observed rare objects in the nature reserve.
经过数十名专业水下潜水救援队员连续六小时的摸排搜救，落入深潭的车辆终于被成功打捞上岸。
jīng guò shù shí míng zhuān yè shuǐ xià qián shuǐ jiù yuán duì yuán lián xù liù xiǎo shí de mō pái sōu jiù, luò rù shēn tán de chē liàng zhōng yú bèi chéng gōng dǎ lāo shàng àn.
After six hours of continuous search and rescue by dozens of professional underwater diving rescue teams, the vehicle that fell into the deep pool was finally successfully salvaged.
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Related Words & Compounds
lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
to dredge up; to scoop up from the water / to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
to profiteer / to gain some underhand advantage
(coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings
(slang) gold digger; woman who pursues men for money
(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance
to make extra money
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