漏洞百出

lòudòng-bǎichū

idiom #26,532

Meanings

1 full of loopholes
2 riddled with flaws
3 full of holes (of an argument or plan)

Characters

to leak / to drip

hundred / numerous

to come out / to emerge

Examples

HSK 7-9

他的借口漏洞百出，没人相信。

Tā de jièkǒu lòudòng-bǎichū, méi rén xiāngxìn.

His excuse was full of holes and nobody believed him.

HSK 7-9

这份合同漏洞百出，需要重新拟定。

Zhè fèn hétong lòudòng-bǎichū, xūyào chóngxīn nǐdìng.

This contract is riddled with loopholes and needs to be redrawn.

Tips

memory

漏洞 (loophole/leak) + 百 (hundred) + 出 (to come out) = a hundred leaks springing out. Picture a bucket so full of holes that water pours out everywhere.

Stroke Order

漏 lòu

洞 dòng

百 bǎi

出 chū