一网打尽

一網打盡

yīwǎng-dǎjìn

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 yīwǎng-dǎjìn 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 yīwǎng-dǎjìn.

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 jìn