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
一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
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1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
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
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
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1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
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2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
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3 causes and effects
含情脉脉
hán qíng mò mò
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1 full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
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
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
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1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
安于现状
ān yú xiàn zhuàng
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1 to take things as they are (idiom)
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2 to leave a situation as it is
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3 to be happy with the status quo
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)
柔情脉脉
róu qíng mò mò
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1 full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
法网难逃
fǎ wǎng nán táo
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1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
温情脉脉
wēn qíng mò mò
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1 full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
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