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leak / hole / gap / loophole
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垫* | 垫* | *垫
pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)
HSK 7-9
disparity; gap
HSK 5
romantic relationship with a significant age gap
(Tw) to transition smoothly with no gap, interruption or adjustment period; to move directly from one position, stage or relationship to another; to dovetail seamlessly
(idiom) friends with a significant age gap
romantic relationship with a significant age gap
difference in timing; time gap; time lag / (volleyball) timing-gap attack (clipped form of 時間差攻擊|时间差攻击) / (by extension) exploitable time gap; advantage arising from a difference in timing
nick / jag / gap / shortfall
HSK 7-9
breach / gap / breakthrough point
HSK 7-9
interval / gap / clearance
HSK 7-9
hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
HSK 7-9
drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
HSK 7-9
information asymmetry; information gap (esp. a difference in access to information that can be exploited for profit)
to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency
HSK 7-9
disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break
HSK 7-9
gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)
HSK 7-9
gap / interval
gap; slit; crack; crevice; fracture
gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step
gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events
(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu and Han 漢|汉
very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
crack / gap / split
HSK 7-9
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled
dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
generation gap
no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger
plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step
narrow gap / slit
air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隙* | 隙* | *隙
crack / crevice / gap or interval / loophole / discord / rift
air vent / air gap
(geology) fault (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
gap between teeth
lacuna / gap
to fill gaps with seedlings
gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
gap between teeth
gap / empty space
gap / crack / rift
to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *间* | 间* | *间
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
friends with a significant age gap
dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves
(lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / (fig.) there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齾* | 齾* | *齾
dented / chipped / gap-toothed / toothless
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *囟* | 囟* | *囟
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)


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