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漏洞

lòu dòng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

漏洞 (lòu dòng) means "leak; hole; gap". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 漏洞 means

1. leak
2. hole
3. gap
4. loophole

The characters in 漏洞

• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 洞dòngcave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)

Example sentences

• 黑客很会利用电脑安全措拖的漏洞。
  Hēikè hěn huì lìyòng diànnǎo ānquán cuò tuō de lòudòng.
  Hackers are adept at getting around computer security measures.
• 这不是一个漏洞，而是一个没有写进文档的特性。
  Zhè bù shì yī gè lòudòng, érshì yī gè méiyǒu xiě jìn wéndàng de tèxìng.
  It isn't a bug. It's an undocumented feature.
• 你不能指望他们认不出你的伪装。那个歪半边的一角店胡子是致命漏洞！
  Nǐ bù néng zhǐwàng tāmen rèn bù chū nǐ de wěizhuāng. nàge wāi bànbiān de yī jiǎo diàn húzi shì zhìmìng lòudòng!
  You can't seriously expect that they won't recognize you in that disguise. That lopsided, dime store moustache is a dead giveaway!
• 孔子说："像夏禹的为人，我找不到可以指责的漏洞。自己吃着菲薄的饮食，而却用丰厚祭品祭拜祖先与神明；自己平时穿粗劣的衣裳，而在祭祀时穿戴华服礼帽；自己住小房子，却尽力开通水道沟渠。像夏禹这样的人，我实在找不到可以指责的漏洞了。"
  Confucius said: " Yu the Great's conduct, I could not point out any flaws. He consumes meager amount of food, while offering boastful riches to the Gods and ancestors; He always don the crudest attire, but wears lavish garments when worshipping; He resides in a small house, yet forges water ways and ditches with all his might. Figures like Yu the Great, I honestly cannot point out any reprehensible flaws."

Words starting with 漏洞

• 漏洞百出lòu dòng bǎi chū(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)

Words containing 漏洞

• 零日漏洞líng rì lòu dòngzero-day vulnerability (computing)

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