打捞 (dǎ lāo) — to salvage, to dredge, to fish out (from water)
Definition
打捞 specifically means recovering objects or people from water (salvaging shipwrecks, pulling items off the seabed). Unlike 挽回 ('salvage' abstract things like reputation or loss), 打捞 stays physical and aquatic.
verb
to salvageto dredgeto fish out (from water)
Examples
- 打捞。Tā men zhèng zài dǎ lāo chén chuán shàng de huò wù.They are salvaging the cargo from the sunken ship.
- 打捞。Qián shuǐ yuán cóng hé lǐ dǎ lāo shàng lái yí gè luò shuǐ de rén.The diver fished a drowning person out of the river.
- 打捞。Zhèng fǔ pài chuán qù dǎ lāo hǎi dǐ de wén wù.The government sent ships to salvage cultural relics from the seabed.
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