漏网之鱼 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
网 wǎng HSK 3
net; network
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
鱼 yú HSK 2
fish; surname Yu