leak; hole; gap; loophole

to miss; to leave out; to omit; to be omitted; to be missing; to slip through; to leak out; to seep away

(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak

oil spill; oil leak; (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2])

to leak air or gas

funnel

perforated spoon; strainer spoon; skimmer

to make an indiscreet remark

water clock; clepsydra

(literary) late at night

to lose sth due to leakage; to let sth slip through; a slip-up; an oversight

a leak (e.g. of chemicals)

to leak electricity; (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc); cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4]

tax evasion

colander; strainer; sieve; leaky pot

funnel cloud

to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)

(lit.) a fish that escaped the net (idiom); (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net

see 漏網之魚|漏网之鱼[lou4 wang3 zhi1 yu2]

(lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom); (fig.) to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits; shortsighted

water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)