竹筛子打水,漏洞百出 竹篩子打水,漏洞百出 竹篩子打水,漏洞百出

drawing water in a bamboo sieve: leaks everywhere

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Describes talk or work full of holes and inconsistencies. Critical.
Wordplay
漏洞 (lòudòng) means both literal holes and flaws or loopholes in an argument or plan.
Simplified
竹筛子打水,漏洞百出
Traditional (Taiwan)
竹篩子打水,漏洞百出
Pinyin
zhú shāizi dǎ shuǐ, lòudòngbǎichū
Bopomofo
ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄞ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ,ㄌㄡˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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