HanTrace

打捞

dǎlāo

“To salvage” in Chinese is 打捞 (dǎlāo).

Meaning

  • to salvage
  • to dredge
  • to fish out (person or object from the sea)

Example

船的残骸从海底被打捞上来。

The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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