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一网打尽 (yī wǎng dǎ jìn) — to round up all at once; to capture or solve everything in one sweep

Definition

Set chengyu: 'to catch everything in one net' — meaning to eliminate or finish off all targets (criminals, problems, viruses) in a single sweep, leaving none behind.

idiom
to round up all at onceto capture or solve everything in one sweep

Examples

  • 一网打尽。
    Jǐng fāng zhè cì xíng dòng bǎ zhěng gè fàn dú jí tuán yī wǎng dǎ jìn le.
    In this operation, the police rounded up the entire drug trafficking gang.
  • 一网打尽。
    Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn néng bǎ nǐ diàn nǎo lǐ de bìng dú yī wǎng dǎ jìn.
    This software can wipe out all the viruses on your computer.
  • 一网打尽，。
    Lǎo bǎn jué dìng yí cì xìng bǎ suǒ yǒu wèn tí yī wǎng dǎ jìn, miǎn de yǐ hòu má fan.
    The boss decided to solve all the problems at once to avoid future trouble.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
罔
罔wǎng網wǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

Open 网 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

Open 打 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 盡; 尽 is its simplified writing.

  • 聿聿yùhand holding a brush
  • 灬灬huǒbristles
  • 皿皿mǐndish

The traditional form 盡 shows 聿 (hand holding a brush) and 灬 (bristles) over 皿 (dish), cleaning a dish until it is empty. The simplified 尽 is a shorthand, not those historical parts.

Open 尽 →
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