Updated July 2026
What does 求捞 mean?
求捞 (qiú lāo) means please boost this in internet Chinese slang. A request for engagement so a post is not buried by the algorithm — "please boost this". Platform-native, so it reads oddly outside a comment section. Literally, it means "beg to be fished out".
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When a post gets no views, Chinese says it 沉了 — it sank. So you ask to be fished back out: 求捞, qiú lāo. 沉了好几天了，求捞. Please scoop me up. It only makes sense in a world of algorithmic feeds, which is exactly where it lives.
Example
沉了好几天了，求捞。
Chén le hǎojǐ tiān le, qiú lāo.
It's been buried for days — please boost it.
Where 求捞 comes from
A post nobody sees has 沉 — sunk. So you ask to be 捞, scooped back out. The metaphor only works in a world of ranked feeds, which is why it never leaves one.
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