- lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- to capture them all in one go
Characters
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 网 (網): net; network
- 打 (打): dozen (loanword)
- 尽 (儘): to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
Resources
- Wiktionary: 一网打尽
- MDBG: 一网打尽
- Examples with 一网打尽 on Tatoeba
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