漏税 (lòu shuì) — to evade taxes, to dodge tax payments | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

漏税 (lòu shuì) literally 'leak tax' — to deliberately avoid paying taxes one owes. Focuses on the act of evasion, unlike 偷税 which can also cover the broader offense.

verb

to evade taxesto dodge tax payments

Examples

漏税。
Zhè jiā gōng sī yīn wèi lòu shuì bèi fá kuǎn le.
This company was fined for tax evasion.
。
Tā chéng rèn zì jǐ lòu guò yí cì shuì.
He admitted to having evaded taxes once.
漏税。
Zhèng fǔ yán lì dǎ jī lòu shuì xíng wéi.
The government cracks down hard on tax evasion.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

漏lòuleak/omit

漏 means to let something slip or omit, and 税 is tax, so the word means to slip through tax obligations.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

水水shuǐwater
屚屚lòuto leak

漏 combines 水 (water) and 屚 (to leak), showing water leaking.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾兑税

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

兑

兑duì税shuì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

税 pairs 禾, a grain plant, with 兑, which gives the character its sound.

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