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漏氣

简漏气 · 繁漏氣

Mandarin · pinyin lòu qì

to leak air or gas

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漏: lòu · leak, drip; funnel; hour glass
氣: qì · air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
气: qì · steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84

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4–4 · lou4 qi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lau6 hei3

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verb

(verb-object) to leak air or gas; to be not airtight

verb

(chiefly Taiwan, figurative, colloquial) to behave or perform in a disappointing manner; to be anticlimactic
(Cantonese, figurative) to be sluggish; to be slow to act

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