漏
to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
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How 漏 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Water 氵 falling like raindrops 雨; 屚 provides the pronunciation
components: 氵 屚
How to remember it
leak · Heisig RSH #2141
水 water + flag + 雨 rain
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 漏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 点水不漏 | diǎn shuǐ bù lòu | not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous; watertight |
| 一字不漏 | yī zì bù lòu | without missing a word |
| 漏网之鱼 | lòu wǎng zhī yú | (lit.) a fish that escaped the net (idiom); (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net |
| 出漏子 | chū lòu zi | to take a wrong turn; to go wrong |
| 克漏字 | kè lòu zì | cloze (loanword) (Tw) |
| 漏网游鱼 | lòu wǎng yóu yú | see 漏網之魚|漏网之鱼[lou4 wang3 zhi1 yu2] |
| 天机不可泄漏 | tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu | lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at l… |
| 说漏嘴 | shuō lòu zuǐ | to blurt out; to let slip |
| 船到江心，补漏迟 | chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí | It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom) |
| 滴漏计时器 | dī lòu jì shí qì | hourglass; water clock; clepsydra |
| 挂一漏万 | guà yī lòu wàn | to mention some but omit many others (idiom); to leave out much more than one includes |
| 漏洞百出 | lòu dòng bǎi chū | (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom) |
| 漏水 | lòu shuǐ | (of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak |
| 地漏 | dì lòu | drain; underground drainpipe; floor gutter; 25th of 2nd lunar month |
| 滴水不漏 | dī shuǐ bù lòu | lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) |
| 漏气 | lòu qì | to leak air or gas |
| 漏电 | lòu diàn | to leak electricity; (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being … |
| 漏斗云 | lòu dǒu yún | funnel cloud |
| 疏而不漏 | shū ér bù lòu | loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]); the way of Heaven is fair, b… |
| 漏水转浑天仪 | lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān yí | water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus) |