漏网

漏網
lòuwǎng
verb #23,519

Meanings

  1. 1 to slip through the net
  2. 2 to escape capture
  3. 3 to evade justice

Examples

Nà míng xiányírén cóng jǐngfāng de bāowéiquān zhōng lòuwǎng táozǒu le.
The suspect slipped through the police cordon and escaped.
Jiǎnchá hěn yángé, jīhū méiyǒu lòuwǎng zhī yú.
The inspection was very strict — almost no one slipped through.

Tips

memory
= to leak/slip through; = net. Like a fish slipping through a hole in the net, 漏网 describes evading a trap or system of control. The set phrase 漏网 (lòuwǎng zhī yú) literally means a fish that escaped the net.

Stroke Order

lòu
wǎng