渔捞
yú lāo
Pinyin

Definition

渔捞
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yú lāo
  1. fishing (as a commercial activity)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lāo
  1. 1 to fish up
  2. 2 to dredge up
yú fū
  1. 1 fisherman
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. 2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
dǎ lāo
  1. 1 to salvage
  2. 2 to dredge
  3. 3 to fish out (person or object from the sea)
bǔ lāo
  1. 1 to fish for (aquatic animals and plants)
  2. 2 to catch
lāo qǔ
  1. 1 to fish for
  2. 2 to seek profit (by improper means)
lāo qián
  1. 1 lit. to dredge for money
  2. 2 to make money by reprehensible means
  3. 3 to fish for a quick buck
  1. 1 fisherman
  2. 2 to fish
yú rén
  1. 1 fisherman
yú chǎng
  1. 1 fishing ground
yú yè
  1. 1 fishing industry
  2. 2 fishery
yú mín
  1. 1 fisherman
  2. 2 fisher folk
yú gǎng
  1. 1 fishing port
yú wǎng
  1. 1 fishing net
  2. 2 fishnet
yú chuán
  1. 1 fishing boat
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
Yú yáng
  1. 1 old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
Lǐ Yú
  1. 1 Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
hé zé ér yú
  1. 1 see 竭澤而漁|竭泽而渔[jié zé ér yú]
yú jù
  1. 1 fishing gear
yú lāo
  1. 1 fishing (as a commercial activity)

Idioms (6)

坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
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)
授之以鱼不如授之以渔
shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú
  1. 1 give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)
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
竭泽而渔
jié zé ér yú
  1. 1 lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利
yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì
  1. 1 lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party

Sample Sentences