lau6 mong5漏網漏网
Jyutpinglau6 mong5
Yalelauh móhng
Definition
To slip through the net; to escape justice or punishment.
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How it's used
Often used in contexts involving security, police operations, or administrative checks where someone or something is meant to be caught or identified. It carries a sense of failure in a system or process that was intended to be comprehensive. While it can apply to objects, it is most frequently used for people who avoid being captured or included in a list.
Examples
Did anyone slip through the net?
Related words
Common phrases
the fish that slipped through the net
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 漏口風, which refers to accidentally revealing a secret. 漏網 specifically implies escaping a trap or a screening process.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
