漏油
lòu yóu
Pinyin

Definition

漏油
 - 
lòu yóu
  1. oil spill
  2. oil leak
  3. (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jiā yóu])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

加油
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
油
yóu
  1. 1 oil
  2. 2 fat
  3. 3 grease
  4. 4 petroleum
  5. 5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. 6 oily
  7. 7 greasy
  8. 8 glib
  9. 9 cunning
加油站
jiā yóu zhàn
  1. 1 gas station
原油
yuán yóu
  1. 1 crude oil
奶油
nǎi yóu
  1. 1 cream
  2. 2 butter
指甲油
zhǐ jia yóu
  1. 1 nail polish
柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán
  1. 1 lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
  2. 2 fig. life's daily necessities
植物油
zhí wù yóu
  1. 1 vegetable oil
橄榄油
gǎn lǎn yóu
  1. 1 olive oil
机油
jī yóu
  1. 1 engine oil
汽油
qì yóu
  1. 1 gasoline
沙漏
shā lòu
  1. 1 hourglass
  2. 2 sand filter
油价
yóu jià
  1. 1 oil (petroleum) price
油光
yóu guāng
  1. 1 glossy
  2. 2 gleaming
  3. 3 shiny (due to greasiness)
  4. 4 slick
  5. 5 greasy
  6. 6 oily
油条
yóu tiáo
  1. 1 youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
  3. 3 slick and sly person
油水
yóu shuǐ
  1. 1 grease
  2. 2 profit
  3. 3 ill-gotten gains
油漆
yóu qī
  1. 1 oil paints
  2. 2 lacquer
  3. 3 to paint
  4. 4 CL:層|层[céng]
油炸
yóu zhá
  1. 1 to deep fry
油田
yóu tián
  1. 1 oil field
油画
yóu huà
  1. 1 oil painting

Idioms (18)

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
油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
  1. 1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
  2. 2 lustrous
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
  1. 1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
  2. 2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
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
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
  1. 1 to suffer mental anguish (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)
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
  1. 1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
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
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)
点水不漏
diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
  1. 1 not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous
  2. 2 watertight

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