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打捞

to salvage

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

da3lao1 • dǎlāo

Meaning

Primary

to salvage

Alternatives

salvage, salvaging, salvaged, salvages

Mnemonic

打捞 To salvage is 打 to strike a ship or treasure that is underwater into smaller pieces and then 捞 to dredge up those pieces in hopes of using or selling them.

Usage

他们 试图 打捞 沉船。

They are trying to salvage the sunken ship.

这 次 打捞 行动 非常 顺利。

This salvage operation went very smoothly.

我们 无法 打捞 出 所有 的 财物。

We couldn't salvage all the valuables.