to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)

to overlook; to miss; to omit

hourglass; sand filter

to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)

to divulge; to leak; to reveal

to repair a leaky roof; (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick; (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value); (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity

to evade (taxes)

drain; underground drainpipe; floor gutter; 25th of 2nd lunar month

uterine bleeding

water clock used to mark night watches

to check for leaks

seepage; leakage

water clock; clepsydra; to drip

to slip up; to overlook by negligence; careless omission; oversight

careless mistake; slip-up

to overlook; omissions; deficiencies

omission; to leave out; missing

to evade (paying tax); (tax) evasion

error and negligence

gargoyle (architecture)

without missing a word

lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)

not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous; watertight

loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you.

lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law

large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice