一网打尽

一網打盡

yīwǎngdǎjìn

idiom #16,665

Meanings

1 to catch everything in one net
2 to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go

Characters

to hit; to catch

exhaustively; completely

Examples

警察一网打尽了那个犯罪团伙。

Jǐngchá yīwǎngdǎjìn le nàge fànzuì tuánhuǒ.

The police rounded up the entire criminal gang in one swoop.

我们要把这些问题一网打尽。

Wǒmen yào bǎ zhèxiē wèntí yīwǎngdǎjìn.

We need to deal with all these problems in one go.

Tips

memory

Picture casting one (一) net (网) and hitting/catching (打) everything completely (尽) — nothing escapes.

Stroke Order

一 yī

网 wǎng

打 dǎ

尽 jǐn