Chinese Notes

捞 (撈) lāo

lāo verb to scoop out of water; to dredge; to fish
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '撈')

大海捞针(大海撈針) to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack
打捞(打撈) to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)
捞什子(撈什子) encumbrance; burden; that awful thing; nuisance
捞油水(撈油水) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
捞取(撈取) to fish for; to seek profit (by improper means)
渔捞(漁撈) fishing (as a commercial activity)
捞稻草(撈稻草) to fish for a straw; futile attempt to gain profit
捞外快(撈外快) to make extra money
水中捞月(水中撈月) to scoop the moon out of the water; a hopeless endeavor
捞本(撈本) to get one's money back (especially gambling); to recoup one's losings
捞一把(撈一把) to profiteer; to gain some underhand advantage
捞钱(撈錢) to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
海底捞(海底撈) Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
救捞局(救撈局) sea rescue service; lifeboat service
捕捞(捕撈) to fish

Truncated for common words

捞盐 (撈鹽) 撈鹽 — History of Jin 金史, 卷二十四　志第五:　地理上上京路咸平路東京路北京路西京路中都路 Volume 24 Treatises 5: Geography 1 - Shangjing Circuit, Xianping Circuit, Dongjing Circuit, Beijing Circuit, Xijing Circuit, Zhongbu Circuit — count: 9
捞起 (撈起) 便把手去碗裏撈起魚來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十八回 Chapter 38 — count: 5
捞毛 (撈毛) 撈毛的叫了王義安出去 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四十二回 Chapter 42 — count: 5
捞上 (撈上) 撈上幾下 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十回 Chapter 30 — count: 4
捞去 (撈去) 一時不被他撈去耶 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十二回 Chapter 22 — count: 4
去捞 (去撈) 便低頭去撈那刀時 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十二回 Chapter 32 — count: 3
捞浅 (撈淺) 令沿河淺夫乘時撈淺 — History of Ming 明史, 卷八十四志第六十河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 — count: 3
里捞 (裡撈) 弟子願多裡撈摸 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 3
一捞 (一撈) 一撈個罄盡 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十九回 Chapter 39 — count: 3
捞几个 (撈幾個) 那裡不撈幾個吃吃 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十九回 Chapter 29 — count: 3