網羅

简 网罗 · 繁 網羅
Mandarin · pinyin wǎng luó

Meanings

  1. net for fishing or bird catching
  2. (fig.) fetters
  3. to snare (a valuable new team member etc)
  4. to bring together under the one umbrella
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網
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羅
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网
wǎng · net; network; Kangxi radical 122
罗
luó · net for catching birds; gauze
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3–2 · wang3 luo2

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mong5 lo4

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noun

  1. net for fishing or bird-catching
  2. (figurative) net-like thing; trap; shackles
  3. (figurative) net of justice; long arm of the law

verb

  1. (literary) to catch with a net
  2. to seek from all places; to include all things; to gather; to enlist

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網羅 · wang3 luo2
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Exact source record網羅 网罗 [wang3 luo2] /net for fishing or bird catching/(fig.) fetters/to snare (a valuable new team member etc)/to bring together under the one umbrella/