漏 - lòu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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漏

lòu

Definition

to leak
to divulge
to leave out by mistake
waterclock or hourglass (old)

Character Decomposition

Related words (43)

漏壺

lòu hú

water clock; clepsydra

漏掉

lòu diào

to miss; to leave out; to omit; to be omitted; to be missing; to slip through; to leak out; to seep away

funnel

to leak air or gas

to leak (of water)

oil-spill; oil leak; (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油)

漏洩

lòu xiè

a leak (e.g. of chemicals)

漏洞

lòu dòng

leak; bug; hole; gap; loophole

tax evasion

colander; strainer; sieve; leaky pot

漏斗雲

lòu dǒu yún

funnel cloud

漏水轉渾天儀

lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān yí

water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)

leak

to evade (taxes)

drain; underground drainpipe; floor gutter; 25th of 2nd lunar month

uterine bleeding

water clock used to mark night watches

檢漏

jiǎn lòu

to fix a leak (in a roof, pipe etc); to check for leaks

沙漏

shā lòu

hourglass; sand filter

泄漏

xiè lòu

(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge (a secret); to leak

seepage; leakage

water clock; clepsydra

疏漏

shū lòu

to slip; to overlook by negligence; careless omission; oversight

紕漏

pī lòu

careless mistake; slip-up

缺漏

quē lòu

to overlook; omissions; deficiencies

脫漏

tuō lòu

omission; to leave out; missing

走漏

zǒu lòu

to leak (of information, liquid etc); to divulge

逃漏

táo lòu

to evade (paying tax); (tax) evasion

透漏

tòu lòu

to divulge; to leak; to reveal

遺漏

yí lòu

to overlook; to miss; to omit

error and negligence

cloze (loanword)

to take a wrong turn; to go wrong

大漏勺

dàlòusháo

slotted spoon; strainer spoon; perforated spoon; big leaky spoon

說漏嘴

shuō lòu zuǐ

to blurt out; to let slip

錮漏鍋

gù lòu guō

tinker; artisan who fixes leaky pots

一字不漏

yī zì bù lòu

without missing a word

滴水不漏

dī shuǐ bù lòu

(lit.) not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)

疏而不漏

shū ér bù lòu

loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

to divulge secrets

past one's prime; in one's declining years

零日漏洞

líng rì lòu dòng

zero-day vulnerability (computing)

滴漏計時器

dī lòu jì shí qì

hourglass; water clock; clepsydra

Idioms (10)

漏洩天機

lòu xiè tiān jī

to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

漏洞百出

lòu dòng bǎi chū

(lit.) one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)

漏網之魚

lòu wǎng zhī yú

fish that escaped the net (idiom); fugitive; homeless exile

漏網遊魚

lòu wǎng yóu yú

fish that escaped the net (idiom); fugitive; homeless exile

漏脯充飢

lòu fǔ chōng jī

to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)

泄漏天機

xiè lòu tiān jī

to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

點水不漏

diǎn shuǐ bù lòu

not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous; watertight

天機不可泄漏

tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu

(lit.) mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you.

屋漏偏逢連夜雨

wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

屋漏更遭連夜雨

wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

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