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lau6 mong5 zi1 jyu4
Pinyin
lòu wǎng zhī yú
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
(fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
僥倖逃離圍捕嘅人;形容走甩咗嘅罪犯或者敵人
person who has escaped from being caught; literally: fish that has slipped through a net
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
people that are able to escape legal sanctions by luck