Lingaku- lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
- fig. sb or sth that slips through the net
Generated definitions (experimental)
- sb or sth that slips through the net
This idiom is used to describe someone or something that has managed to evade capture or has been overlooked in an assessment or selection process.
In this exam, there were a few people who slipped through the net and were not discovered.
zhuī bǔ追捕fàn rén犯人de的guò chéng过程Zhōng中，lòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼ràng让jǐng fāng警方gǎn dào感到fēi cháng非常jǔ sàng沮丧。
During the process of capturing the criminal, the ones that slipped through the net made the police feel very frustrated.
Generated collocations (experimental)
lòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼a person or thing that has escaped capturebèi被lòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼to be overlooked or missedfā xiàn发现lòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼to discover something that slipped through the netfáng zhǐ防止lòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼to prevent things from escaping capturelòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼de的xiàn xiàng现象the phenomenon of missed caseslòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼de的chǔ lǐ处理the handling of overlooked issueslòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼de的jǐng shì警示the warning against things that may slip through the netshí bié识别lòu wǎng zhī yú漏网之鱼to identify things that are being missed