Radical:

meaning for lāo:

  • - to fish up
  • - to dredge upto fish for (aquatic animals and plants)
  • - to catchto salvage
  • - to dredge
  • - to fish out (person or object from the sea)to fish for
  • - to seek profit (by improper means)lit. to dredge for money
  • - to make money by reprehensible means
  • - to fish for a quick buckto profiteer
  • - to gain some underhand advantage