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HSK
7-9

dredge up

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

lao1 lāo

Meaning


Primary

dredge up

Alternatives

dredge, dredging

Mnemonic


[l-] Legolas is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn trying to 捞 dredge up treasures from a huge pit of mud. He works with a 力 muscular arm to pull a 捞 dredge across the mud pit. Out comes a 扌 finger that has a halo from the bottom of the pit, and it thanks them both for 捞 dredging him up from that quagmire.

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