漏洞百出 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws

Character by character

• 漏lòuto leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
• 洞dòngcave, grotto, hole, ravine
• 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
• 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce

Idioms sharing a character

• 挂一漏万 guà yī lòu wàn
• 泄漏天机 xiè lòu tiān jī
• 漏泄天机 lòu xiè tiān jī
• 漏网之鱼 lòu wǎng zhī yú
• 漏脯充饥 lòu fǔ chōng jī
• 点水不漏 diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
• 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng
• 洞房花烛 dòng fáng huā zhú
• 洞若观火 dòng ruò guān huǒ
• 空洞无物 kōng dòng wú wù

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