一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
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1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
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2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
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3 to capture them all in one go
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
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1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
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2 fig. at a total loss
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
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1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
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2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
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3 it's either him or me
天网恢恢
tiān wǎng huī huī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢，疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢，疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天罗地网
tiān luó dì wǎng
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1 inescapable net (idiom)
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2 trap
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3 dragnet
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
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1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
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2 nosy
探头探脑
tàn tóu tàn nǎo
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1 to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
提神醒脑
tí shén xǐng nǎo
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1 to refresh and clear the mind (idiom)
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2 invigorating
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3 bracing
撒网捕风
sā wǎng bǔ fēng
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1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
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2 to waste one's effort (idiom)
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
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1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
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2 portentous signs
冲昏头脑
chōng hūn tóu nǎo
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1 lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally
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2 to go to one's head
冲昏头脑
chōng hūn tóu nǎo
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1 lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally
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2 to go to one's head
法网难逃
fǎ wǎng nán táo
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1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
漏网之鱼
lòu wǎng zhī yú
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1 a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
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2 (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
秋荼密网
qiū tú mì wǎng
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1 flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
网开一面
wǎng kāi yī miàn
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1 open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly
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2 to give one's opponent a way out
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3 lenient treatment
网开三面
wǎng kāi sān miàn
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1 to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly
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2 to give one's opponent a way out
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3 lenient treatment
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
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1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
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2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim