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罗网

羅網
luówǎng
noun #19,499

Measure Word

一张罗网 zhāng

Meanings

  1. 1 net
  2. 2 trap
  3. 3 snare

Examples

HSK 7-9
罪犯最终落入了法律的罗网。
Zuìfàn zuìzhōng luòrù le fǎlǜ de luówǎng.
The criminal ultimately fell into the net of the law.
HSK 7-9
他感觉自己被一张无形的罗网困住了。
Tā gǎnjué zìjǐ bèi yì zhāng wúxíng de luówǎng kùnzhù le.
He felt trapped in an invisible snare.

Tips

usage
罗网 is mostly used figuratively in modern Chinese to mean a trap or web of constraints. The idiom 自投罗网 means 'to walk right into the trap'.
memory
罗 (net for catching birds) + 网 (net) = double net. Two nets are harder to escape - hence the meaning of 'inescapable trap'.

Stroke Order

罗 luó
网 wǎng