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透露

tòu lù

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

透露 (tòu lù) means "to leak out; to divulge; to reveal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 透露 means

1. to leak out
2. to divulge
3. to reveal

The characters in 透露

• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar

Example sentences

• 他透露了我的秘密。
  Tā tòulù le wǒ de mìmì.
  He disclosed my secret.
• 你本不该透露秘密的。
  You ought not to have disclosed the secret.
• 我不想把结局提前透露给你。
  Wǒ bù xiǎng bǎ jiéjú tíqián tòulù gěi nǐ.
  I don't want to spoil the ending for you.
• 我不能再向你多说什么了。我已经透露太多了。
  Wǒ bù néng zài xiàng nǐ duō shuō shénme le. Wǒ yǐjīng tòulù tài duō le.
  I can't tell you any more. I've already said too much.
• 我不能再向你多说什幺了。我已经透露太多了。
  I can't tell you any more. I've already said too much.
• 当局在疫情之初几乎没有透露关于新型冠状病毒的有用信息。
  Dāngjú zài yìqíng zhī chū jīhū méiyǒu tòulù guānyú xīnxíng guānzhuàng bìngdú de yǒuyòng xìnxī.
  The authorities disclosed little useful information about the spread of COVID-19 at the beginning of the outbreak.

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