HSK 7–9 · verb

捞

lāo

to scoop up; to fish out; to dredge up

他用勺子把汤里的菜捞出来。

Tā yòng sháozi bǎ tāng lǐ de cài lāo chūlái。

He scooped the vegetables out of the soup with a spoon.

他们在河里打捞那只掉下去的手机。

Tāmen zài hé lǐ dǎlāo nà zhī diào xiàqù de shǒujī。

They are fishing the dropped phone out of the river.