Chinese word dictionary

捡漏

jiǎn lòu · 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)

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Word information

Simplified捡漏

Traditional撿漏

Pinyinjiǎn lòu

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

捡jiǎn

to pick up, to gather, to collect

漏lòu

to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel

How to learn 捡漏

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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捡jiǎn

to pick up; to collect; to gather

漏lòu

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

漏洞lòudòng

leak; hole; gap; loophole

泄漏xièlòu

(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)

遗漏yílòu

to overlook; to miss; to omit

走漏zǒulòu

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