lòu

leak, drip; funnel; hour glass

HSK 5 #2052

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

zǒu lòu to leak (of information, liquid etc); to divulge
xiè lòu (of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge (a secret); to leak
洞 lòu dòng leak; hole; gap; loophole
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
yí lòu to overlook; to miss; to omit
水 lòu shuǐ to leak (of water)
tòu lòu to divulge; to leak; to reveal
斗 lòu dǒu funnel
pī lòu careless mistake; slip-up
气 lòu qì to leak air or gas
shèn lòu seepage; leakage
洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū lit. one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)
税 lòu shuì tax evasion
shū lòu to slip; to overlook by negligence; careless omission; oversight
电 lòu diàn to leak electricity; (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc); cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4]
勺 lòu sháo perforated spoon; strainer spoon; skimmer
子 chū lòu zi to take a wrong turn; to go wrong
一字不 yī zì bù lòu without missing a word
tōu lòu to evade (taxes)
字 kè lòu zì cloze (loanword) (Tw)
dì lòu drain; underground drainpipe; floor gutter; 25th of 2nd lunar month
天机不可泄 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.
天機不可泄 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.
天网恢恢,疏而不 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law
天網恢恢,疏而不 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law
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