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
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
劳燕分飞
láo yàn fēn fēi
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1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
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2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
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
展翅高飞
zhǎn chì gāo fēi
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1 to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
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2 to develop one's abilities freely
张飞打岳飞
Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi
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1 lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
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2 fig. an impossible combination
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3 an impossible turn of events (idiom)
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
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1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
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1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
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)
比翼双飞
bǐ yì shuāng fēi
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1 lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)
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2 fig. two hearts beating as one
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3 name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
比翼齐飞
bǐ yì qí fēi
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1 to fly wing to wing (idiom)
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2 two hearts beating as one
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3 (of a couple) inseparable
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
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
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1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
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2 fig. to be annihilated
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3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
烽烟四起，战火纷飞
fēng yān sì qǐ , zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
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1 lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
神采飞扬
shén cǎi fēi yáng
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1 in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
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