漏網之魚 lòu wǎng zhī yú

(fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
  2. 2. a fish that escaped the net (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
漏 lòu HSK 5
to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
網 wǎng
net; network
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
魚 yú
fish; surname Yu