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to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old)
HSK 5
(of a liquid or gas) to leak / to divulge; to leak (information)
HSK 7-9
to overlook / to miss / to omit
error and negligence
seepage / leakage
to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
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
to overlook / omissions / deficiencies
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
careless mistake / slip-up
to divulge / to leak / to reveal
hourglass / sand filter
omission / to leave out / missing
to check for leaks
to slip up; to overlook by negligence / careless omission; oversight
lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument)
to evade (taxes)
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
uterine bleeding
not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous / watertight
drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month
water clock; clepsydra / to drip
without missing a word
to evade (paying tax) / (tax) evasion
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.
water clock used to mark night watches
leak
to leak (information, secrets etc) / to smuggle and evade tax / to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)
gargoyle (architecture)


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