一網打盡
Chinese edit
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
net; network | beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) | ||
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trad. (一網打盡) | 一 | 網 | 打 | 盡 | |
simp. (一网打尽) | 一 | 网 | 打 | 尽 | |
Literally: “to catch all in one dragnet”. |
Etymology edit
Japanese and Korean sources attribute the source to 《宋史·卷三一四·范純仁傳》, although the Hanyu Da Cidian gives an earlier quotation from 《東軒筆錄》卷四.
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
一網打盡