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

HSK 7-9
Nà míng xiányírén cóng jǐngfāng de bāowéiquān zhōng lòuwǎng táozǒu le.
The suspect slipped through the police cordon and escaped.
HSK 7-9
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 漏网之鱼 literally means a fish that escaped the net.

Stroke Order

lòu
wǎng