缺漏

quēlòu

noun

Meanings

1 omission
2 gap
3 deficiency
4 (verb) to leave out / miss

Characters

Examples

请检查报告里有没有缺漏。

Qǐng jiǎnchá bàogào lǐ yǒu méi yǒu quēlòu.

Please check the report for any omissions.

这份名单缺漏了三个人。

Zhè fèn míngdān quēlòu le sān gè rén.

This list is missing three people.

Tips

memory

缺 (quē, to lack) + 漏 (lòu, to leak) — 'lacking and leaking', i.e. things that should be there but slipped through. Often paired with 错误 in 错误缺漏 (cuòwù quēlòu, errors and omissions).

Stroke Order

缺 quē

漏 lòu