泄[Ⅰ]xièⅠ ❶ (液体、气体排出) let out; discharge; release: 开闸 ~ 洪 open a sluice to release floodwater; 像个 ~ 了气的皮球 like a deflated rubber ball; dejected; 气可鼓而不可 ~ 。 Morale should be boosted, not dampened. ❷ (泄露) let out (a secret); leak (news, secrets,etc.) ❸ (发泄) give vent to; vent: ~ 私愤 give vent to personal spite; ~ 怒 give vent to one's anger [rage]; take it out on Ⅱ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 冶 Xie Ye ◆泄底 reveal or expose what is at the bottom of sth.; 泄愤 give vent to one's anger; vent one's resentment; vent one's spite upon sb.; 泄洪 {水} flood discharge; 泄洪排涝 drain off floodwater; 泄剂 {中医} purgative prescription; 泄劲 lose heart; feel discouraged; be disheartened; despond; be depressed; cast down; slacken one's effort; slack off; 泄流 aerial drainage; 泄露 let out; reveal; divulge; leakage; give away; vent; transpire; disclose; betray; 泄漏 make known; divulge; give away; let out; leak; leakage; outleakage; divulgation; vent; leakiness; 泄漏天机 give away the secrets of heaven; betray God's design; 泄密 divulge a secret; let out [give away] a secret; betray confidential matters; 泄气 lose heart; feel discouraged; be disheartened; disappointing; frustrating; pathetic; 泄水 weepage; {水} sluicing; 泄泄沓沓 very slowly and repeatedly; 泄泻 {中医} diarrhoea; have diarrhoea; have loose bowels 泄xiè❶purge; purgation ❷reduce; reducing needling ❸diarrhea ❹discharge |