网罗 - net for fishing or bird catching/(fig.) fetters/to snare (a valuable new team member etc)/to bring together under the one umbrella - wǎng luó | Definition

一网打尽

yī wǎng dǎ jìn

1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
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 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
3 it's either him or me

天网恢恢

tiān wǎng huī huī

1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
3 you can't run from the long arm of the law

天罗地网

tiān luó dì wǎng

1 inescapable net (idiom)
2 trap
3 dragnet

撒网捕风

sā wǎng bǔ fēng

1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
2 to waste one's effort (idiom)

星罗棋布

xīng luó qí bù

1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place

条条大路通罗马

tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng Luó mǎ

1 all roads lead to Rome
2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

法网难逃

fǎ wǎng nán táo

1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)

漏网之鱼

lòu wǎng zhī yú

1 a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
2 (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net

秋荼密网

qiū tú mì wǎng

1 flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law

网开一面

wǎng kāi yī miàn

1 open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly
2 to give one's opponent a way out
3 lenient treatment

网开三面

wǎng kāi sān miàn

1 to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly
2 to give one's opponent a way out
3 lenient treatment

罗掘

luó jué

1 to scrape around for money
2 hard pressed for cash
3 cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom)

罗雀掘鼠

luó què jué shǔ

1 lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
2 on the verge of bankruptcy

临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng

1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim

落入法网

luò rù fǎ wǎng

1 to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested

门可罗雀

mén kě luó què

1 you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted

门庭冷落，门堪罗雀

mén tíng lěng luò , mén kān luó què

1 The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted

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