挂一漏万
挂一漏万
guà yī lòu wàn
to mention some but omit many others (idiom); to leave out much more than one includes
verbidiom
Traditional: 掛一漏萬
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Definitions
- (verb, idiom) to mention some but omit many others (idiom)
- to leave out much more than one includes
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Related Words
一字不提(yī zì bù tí)— to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
→绝口不提(jué kǒu bù tí)— lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
→缄口不言(jiān kǒu bù yán)— lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
→只字不提(zhī zì bù tí)— not to mention (idiom); to say not one word
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