(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation); to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
trad. 撈稻草
Also written 撈稻草【lāo dào cǎo】
Characters in this word
3捞
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to fish up, to dredge up
- Pinyin
- lāo
- Traditional
- 撈
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 11551 of 2500
稻
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paddy, rice (Oryza sativa)
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 15
草
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variant of 草[cao3]
- Pinyin
- cǎo
- Traditional
- 艸
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4715 of 2500