撒网

撒網
sāwǎng
verb #34,011

Meanings

  1. 1 to cast a net
  2. 2 to throw out a fishing net

Examples

Yúfū zài hé lǐ sāwǎng bǔ yú.
The fisherman cast his net in the river to catch fish.
Tā shúliàn de sāwǎng.
He cast the net skillfully.
Guǎng sā wǎng, zhòngdiǎn péiyǎng.
Cast a wide net, focus on cultivating the best — a common Chinese motto.

Tips

usage
广撒网重点培养 ('cast a wide net, then focus on the key catches') is a popular figurative idiom for dating, recruiting, and sales — try many candidates first, invest in the most promising. The metaphorical 撒网 (cast a wide net) is much more common in modern speech than the literal fishing usage.

Stroke Order

wǎng