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
乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù
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1 to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
以虚带实
yǐ xū dài shí
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1 to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū
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1 to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
名不虚传
míng bù xū chuán
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1 lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation
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2 enjoys a well-deserved reputation
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
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
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
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1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
形同虚设
xíng tóng xū shè
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1 to exist in name only
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2 empty shell
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3 useless (idiom)
徒拥虚名
tú yōng xū míng
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1 to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
徒有虚名
tú yǒu xū míng
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1 with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
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2 nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
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)
法网难逃
fǎ wǎng nán táo
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1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
浪得虚名
làng dé xū míng
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1 to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
深藏若虚
shēn cáng ruò xū
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1 to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents
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2 to hide one's light under a bushel