掏 (搯) tāo

  1. tāo verb to fish out
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: from a pocket
  2. tāo verb to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 掏钱 'take out some money' (Liu Lianli, 1999, '掏' 1)
  3. tāo verb to dig
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in dig a hole (Liu Lianli, 1999, '掏' 2)

Contained in

  • 掏空 to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; tunneling
  • 掏包 to pick pockets
  • 掏腰包 to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
  • 掏出 to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
  • 掏心掏肺 to be totally devoted (to a person)

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