捞钱
lāo qián
Pinyin

Definition

捞钱
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lāo qián
  1. lit. to dredge for money
  2. to make money by reprehensible means
  3. to fish for a quick buck

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Qián
  1. 1 surname Qian
zhí qián
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 costly
  3. 3 expensive
jià qian
  1. 1 price
qǔ qián
  1. 1 to withdraw money
yā suì qián
  1. 1 money given to children as new year present
cún qián
  1. 1 to deposit money
  2. 2 to save money
zhèng qián
  1. 1 to make money
lāo
  1. 1 to fish up
  2. 2 to dredge up
yǒu qián
  1. 1 well-off
  2. 2 wealthy
yǒu qián rén
  1. 1 rich person
  2. 2 the rich
běn qián
  1. 1 capital
  2. 2 (fig.) asset
  3. 3 advantage
  4. 4 the means (to do sth)
jīn qián
  1. 1 money
  2. 2 currency
qián bāo
  1. 1 purse
  2. 2 wallet
qián cái
  1. 1 wealth
  2. 2 money
yī qián bù zhí
  1. 1 not worth a penny
  2. 2 utterly worthless
jiāo qián
  1. 1 to pay up
  2. 2 to shell out
  3. 3 to hand over the money to cover sth
fù qián
  1. 1 to pay money
fèn zi qián
  1. 1 gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
jiè qián
  1. 1 to borrow money
  2. 2 to lend money
gōng qián
  1. 1 decagram

Idioms (12)

一手交钱,一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
多钱善贾
duō qián shàn gǔ
  1. 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. 2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
摇钱树
yáo qián shù
  1. 1 a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. 2 a source of easy money (idiom)
有钱有势
yǒu qián yǒu shì
  1. 1 rich and powerful (idiom)
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
水中捞月
shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè
  1. 1 lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
  2. 2 a hopeless endeavor
花钱受气
huā qián shòu qì
  1. 1 (idiom) to have a bad experience as a customer
  2. 2 to encounter poor service
见钱眼开
jiàn qián yǎn kāi
  1. 1 to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain
  2. 2 money-grubbing
金钱万能
jīn qián wàn néng
  1. 1 money is omnipotent (idiom)
  2. 2 with money, you can do anything
  3. 3 money talks
钱不是万能的,没钱是万万不能的
qián bù shì wàn néng de , méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de
  1. 1 money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
钱可通神
qián kě tōng shén
  1. 1 with money, you can do anything (idiom)
  2. 2 money talks

Sample Sentences

后来有位南郭先生听说了这事,心里琢磨着,觉得这可是个捞钱的大好机会,于是他千方百计地混进了那支乐队。虽然他根本不会吹竽,但每回乐队演奏,他都跟着装模作样,手指这么按一按,头那么摇一摇,不时地流露出沉醉的表情,看着还真像是一位专业的乐师。反正没吹出声,也不会出错被发现。
hòulái yǒu wèi Nánguō Xiānsheng tīngshuō le zhè shì ,xīnli zhuómo zhe ,juéde zhè kěshì ge lāoqián de dà hǎo jīhuì ,yúshì tā qiānfāngbǎijì de hùnjìn le nà Zhī yuèduì 。suīrán tā gēnběn bùhuì chuī yú ,dàn měi huí yuèduì yǎnzòu ,tā dōu gēnzhe zhuāngmózuòyàng ,shǒuzhǐ zhème àn yī àn ,tóu nàme Yáo yī Yáo ,bùshí de liúlù chū chénzuì de biǎoqíng ,kàn zhe hái zhēn xiàng shì yī wèi zhuānyè de yuèshī 。fǎnzhèng méi chuī chū shēng ,yě bùhuì chūcuò bèi fāxiàn 。
When a man named Nan Guo heard about this, he pondered to himself, thinking this is an amazing opportunity to fish for bucks. Therefore, he did everything possible to infiltrate this orchestra. Although he does not know how to play the yu at all, he just had to press a finger or two, nod his head a few times, and occasionally express that he is fully immersed to look like a real musician. As long as he doesn’t play out any sounds, no one would know if there was a mistake anyway.