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漏网之鱼

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4-character word Traditional 漏網之魚

What 漏网之鱼 means

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

The characters in 漏网之鱼

• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼