网恋
wǎng liàn
Pinyin

Definition

网恋
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wǎng liàn
  1. online love affair
  2. cyberdate
  3. Internet dating

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上网
shàng wǎng
  1. 1 to go online
  2. 2 to connect to the Internet
  3. 3 (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet
  4. 4 (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
失恋
shī liàn
  1. 1 to lose one's love
  2. 2 to break up (in a romantic relationship)
  3. 3 to feel jilted
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
恋爱
liàn ài
  1. 1 (romantic) love
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],場|场[chǎng]
  3. 3 in love
  4. 4 to have an affair
新浪网
Xīn làng Wǎng
  1. 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
暗恋
àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
网
wǎng
  1. 1 net
  2. 2 network
网友
wǎng yǒu
  1. 1 online friend
  2. 2 Internet user
网站
wǎng zhàn
  1. 1 website
  2. 2 network station
  3. 3 node
网络
Wǎng luò
  1. 1 Internet
网游
wǎng yóu
  1. 1 online game
  2. 2 abbr. for 網絡遊戲|网络游戏
自恋
zì liàn
  1. 1 narcissism
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
中新网
Zhōng xīn wǎng
  1. 1 ChinaNews (China News Service)
互联网
Hù lián wǎng
  1. 1 Internet
人民网
Rén mín wǎng
  1. 1 online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Rén mín Rì bào]
依恋
yī liàn
  1. 1 to be fondly attached to
  2. 2 to not wish to part with
  3. 3 to cling to
初恋
chū liàn
  1. 1 first love
同性恋
tóng xìng liàn
  1. 1 homosexuality
  2. 2 gay person
  3. 3 gay love
单恋
dān liàn
  1. 1 unrequited love
  2. 2 one-sided love

Idioms (18)

一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
天网恢恢
tiān wǎng huī huī
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 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
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 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
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天罗地网
tiān luó dì wǎng
  1. 1 inescapable net (idiom)
  2. 2 trap
  3. 3 dragnet
撒网捕风
sā wǎng bǔ fēng
  1. 1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
  2. 2 to waste one's effort (idiom)
法网难逃
fǎ wǎng nán táo
  1. 1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
漏网之鱼
lòu wǎng zhī yú
  1. 1 a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
秋荼密网
qiū tú mì wǎng
  1. 1 flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
移情别恋
yí qíng bié liàn
  1. 1 change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love
  2. 2 to fall in love with sb else
网开一面
wǎng kāi yī miàn
  1. 1 open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly
  2. 2 to give one's opponent a way out
  3. 3 lenient treatment
网开三面
wǎng kāi sān miàn
  1. 1 to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly
  2. 2 to give one's opponent a way out
  3. 3 lenient treatment
老马恋栈
lǎo mǎ liàn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. the old horse loves his stable
  2. 2 fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
  1. 1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
  2. 2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
落入法网
luò rù fǎ wǎng
  1. 1 to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested
驽马恋栈
nú mǎ liàn zhàn
  1. 1 an incompetent man clings to a good position (idiom)
鱼死网破
yú sǐ wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net splits
  2. 2 a life and death struggle (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是啊，现在的婚姻真的很脆弱。好多人都过分强调个人感情，追求一时的新鲜和刺激。什么网恋、婚外情、一夜情、还有闪婚，社会上的诱惑实在太多了，好多人都抵挡不住。所以现在中国人的感情出轨机率高得惊人。我有一个朋友结婚才一年就有了婚外情，接着就是夫妻俩闹离婚。
shì ā ，xiànzài de hūnyīn zhēnde hěn cuìruò 。hǎoduō rén dōu guòfèn qiángdiào gèrén gǎnqíng ，zhuīqiú yīshí de xīnxiān hé cìjī 。shénme wǎngliàn 、hūnwàiqíng 、yīyèqíng 、hái yǒu shǎnhūn ，shèhuì shàng de yòuhuò shízài tài duō le ，hǎoduō rén dōu dǐdǎng búzhù 。suǒyǐ xiànzài zhōngguórén de gǎnqíng chūguǐ jīlǜ gāo de jīngrén 。wǒ yǒu yī ge péngyou jiéhūn cái yī nián jiù yǒu le hūnwàiqíng ，jiēzhe jiùshì fūqī liǎ nào líhūn 。
Yeah, marriages today are really fragile. A lot of people care too much about personal emotion, so they go looking for something fresh and stimulating for a short time. So now China has a surprisingly high level of failed relationships. I have a friend who had an affair after just a year of marriage. Then he and his wife had a big fight, and got divorced.
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网恋怎么了？那也是一种认识异性的方式。我们都快奔三了，有那么容易被骗吗？
wǎngliàn zěnmele ？nà yě shì yīzhǒng rènshi yìxìng de fāngshì 。wǒmen dōu kuài bēnsān le ，yǒu nàme róngyì bèi piàn ma ？
What's wrong with online dating? It's just another way of getting to know people of the opposite sex. We're pushing 30 already. Is it really that easy to get cheated?
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不会吧？网恋你也敢？你不怕被骗？
bùhuì ba ？wǎngliàn nǐ yě gǎn ？nǐ bù pà bèi piàn ？
No way. You'll even try online dating? Aren't you afraid of being cheated?
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我们是在网上认识的，算是网恋吧。
wǒmen shì zài wǎngshàng rènshi de ，suàn shì wǎngliàn ba 。
We met online. You could say it's an internet romance.
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