更漏
gēng lòu
Pinyin

Definition

更漏
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gēng lòu
  1. water clock used to mark night watches

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

更
gēng
  1. 1 to change or replace
  2. 2 to experience
  3. 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
更新
gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new
  2. 2 to renew
  3. 3 to renovate
  4. 4 to upgrade
  5. 5 to update
  6. 6 to regenerate
更加
gèng jiā
  1. 1 more (than sth else)
  2. 2 even more
更年期
gēng nián qī
  1. 1 menopause
  2. 2 andropause
更换
gēng huàn
  1. 1 to replace (a worn-out tire etc)
  2. 2 to change (one's address etc)
漏
lòu
  1. 1 to leak
  2. 2 to divulge
  3. 3 to leave out by mistake
  4. 4 waterclock or hourglass (old)
三更
sān gēng
  1. 1 third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
  2. 2 midnight
  3. 3 also pr. [sān jīn]
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
半夜三更
bàn yè sān gēng
  1. 1 in the depth of night
  2. 2 late at night
地漏
dì lòu
  1. 1 drain
  2. 2 underground drainpipe
  3. 3 floor gutter
  4. 4 25th of 2nd lunar month
崩漏
bēng lòu
  1. 1 uterine bleeding
打更
dǎ gēng
  1. 1 to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
挂一漏万
guà yī lòu wàn
  1. 1 to mention some but omit many others (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave out much more than one includes
更上一层楼
gèng shàng yī céng lóu
  1. 1 to take it up a notch
  2. 2 to bring it up a level
更动
gēng dòng
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to replace
  3. 3 to alter
更名
gēng míng
  1. 1 to change name
更改
gēng gǎi
  1. 1 to alter
更新世
Gēng xīn shì
  1. 1 Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
更新版
gēng xīn bǎn
  1. 1 new edition
  2. 2 new version
  3. 3 update
更替
gēng tì
  1. 1 to take over (from one another)
  2. 2 to alternate
  3. 3 to replace
  4. 4 to relay

Idioms (20)

天机不可泄漏
tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu
  1. 1 lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed
  2. 2 I am not at liberty to inform you.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
挂一漏万
guà yī lòu wàn
  1. 1 to mention some but omit many others (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave out much more than one includes
更有甚者
gèng yǒu shèn zhě
  1. 1 furthermore (idiom)
更深人静
gēng shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)
泄漏天机
xiè lòu tiān jī
  1. 1 to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
  2. 2 to let the cat out of the bag
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
漏洞百出
lòu dòng bǎi chū
  1. 1 lit. one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)
漏泄天机
lòu xiè tiān jī
  1. 1 to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
  2. 2 to let the cat out of the bag
漏网之鱼
lòu wǎng zhī yú
  1. 1 a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
漏脯充饥
lòu fǔ chōng jī
  1. 1 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
  1. 1 to stay up through the night (idiom)
疏而不漏
shū ér bù lòu
  1. 1 loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
  1. 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
  2. 2 to continue to further successes
  3. 3 not to rest on one's laurels
自力更生
zì lì gēng shēng
  1. 1 regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)
  2. 2 self-reliance
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
万象更新
wàn xiàng gēng xīn
  1. 1 (in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
除旧更新
chú jiù gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new (idiom)

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