天羅地網
Chinese edit
day; sky; heaven | to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze |
earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly |
net; network | ||
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trad. (天羅地網) | 天 | 羅 | 地 | 網 | |
simp. (天罗地网) | 天 | 罗 | 地 | 网 | |
Literally: “nets above and snares below”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
天羅地網
- (figuratively) far-flung network; inescapable net; tight encirclement with no escape (Classifier: 張/张 m)
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (天羅地網):
- → Japanese: 天羅地網 (tenrachimō)
- → Korean: 천라지망(天羅地網) (cheollajimang)
- → Vietnamese: thiên la địa võng (天羅地網)