<p>First of all, "There's stitches left behind (not removed) in my mouth, what should I do?" is a good translation. </p>

<p>Yes,漏 can modify other verbs. It means someone forgot to do something or some action has been missed.</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<p>A:"How you feel about the question 31 in the exam?"</p>

<p>B:"OMG, I didn't notice there was a question 31!"</p>

<p>A:"刚才考试第31题做的如何？"</p>

<p>B:"天啊！ 我漏做了!"</p>

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Archeosudoerus
<p>This isn't actually a word. When you study Chinese, you shouldn't regard any pair of characters as a meaningful word. If you also study 文言文，you will find that people in ancient times often used only one character as a verb or a noun. That's why there are so many characters no longer used today: people use two-character words to express the meanings that were originally represented by a single character. </p>

<p>Nowadays, there are still many occasions in Chinese that people use only one character as one word. So you have to learn how to partition a sentence into several meaningful blocks.  </p>

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Catiger3331
<p>I tried several sources &amp; can't find a translation that seems correct.</p>

<p>An example sentence &amp; my attempt at translation:</p>

<p>嘴里漏拆了一根线怎么办？</p>

<p>mouth inside left behind remove a strip of thread what to do?</p>

<p>"There's a thread (of stitches?) left behind (not removed) in my mouth, what should I do?"</p>

<p>漏 means "missed" or "left behind"
拆 means "to dismantle" or "take down"</p>

<p>So 漏 is modifying the verb 拆 to make it mean "not dismantled or taken down", sort of.</p>

<p>Is my understanding correct? Can 漏 modify other verbs in this way?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any teaching!</p>

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When there's a wound in mouth, the doctor would suture it. And when the wound recovers, the stitches should be removed. So, "嘴里漏拆了一根线" means the omission of a careless doctor who hasn't removed all stitches in the mouth ...
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漏拆 - Meaning & usage?
# 漏拆 - Meaning & usage?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-21)

I tried several sources & can't find a translation that seems correct.

An example sentence & my attempt at translation:

嘴里漏拆了一根线怎么办？

mouth inside left behind remove a strip of thread what to do?

"There's a thread (of stitches?) left behind (not removed) in my mouth, what should I do?"

漏 means "missed" or "left behind"
拆 means "to dismantle" or "take down"

So 漏 is modifying the verb 拆 to make it mean "not dismantled or taken down", sort of.

Is my understanding correct? Can 漏 modify other verbs in this way?

Thanks in advance for any teaching!

**Tags:** translation, grammar, vocabulary

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: When there's a wound in mouth, the doctor would suture it. And when the wound recovers, the stitches should be removed. So, "嘴里漏拆了一根线" means the omission of a careless doctor who hasn't removed all stitches in the mouth ...  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-11-21. Score: 7

First of all, "There's stitches left behind (not removed) in my mouth, what should I do?" is a good translation.

Yes,漏 can modify other verbs. It means someone forgot to do something or some action has been missed.

Example:

A:"How you feel about the question 31 in the exam?"

B:"OMG, I didn't notice there was a question 31!"

A:"刚才考试第31题做的如何？"

B:"天啊！ 我漏做了!"


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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-11-23. Score: 0

This isn't actually a word. When you study Chinese, you shouldn't regard any pair of characters as a meaningful word. If you also study 文言文，you will find that people in ancient times often used only one character as a verb or a noun. That's why there are so many characters no longer used today: people use two-character words to express the meanings that were originally represented by a single character.

Nowadays, there are still many occasions in Chinese that people use only one character as one word. So you have to learn how to partition a sentence into several meaningful blocks.


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