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一網打盡

简一网打尽 · 繁一網打盡

Mandarin · pinyin yī wǎng dǎ jìn

lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
fig. to scoop up the whole lot
to capture them all in one go

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
網: Look up this written character
打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
盡: Look up this written character
网: wǎng · net; network; Kangxi radical 122
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete

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1–3–3–4 · yi1 wang3 da3 jin4

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jat1 mong5 daa2 zeon6

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(idiomatic) to round up the herd with one throw; roundup, wholesale arrest

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