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to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *网* | 网* | *网
net / network
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *净* | 净* | *净
clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role
HSK 6
mosquito net / CL: 頂|顶
HSK 7-9
mosquito net / CL: 頂|顶
HSK 7-9
net weight
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *络* | 络* | *络
small net
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *络* | 络* | *络
net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body
net (for ball games)
fishing net / fishnet
net value / net worth
seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen
to provide a safety net / (coll.) to reveal; to expose (sth disreputable)
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纲* | 纲* | *纲
head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program
net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罟* | 罟* | *罟
to implicate / net for birds or fish
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured
to throw a net
net profit
the net of justice; the long arm of the law
lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom) / fig. to scoop up the whole lot / to capture them all in one go
inescapable net (idiom) / trap / dragnet
to support the bottom of sth / (fig.) to provide a safety net
Internet / net / cyber-
net / fishing net / bird net
to spin a web (spider) / to weave a net (e.g. for fishing)
string bag / mesh bag / net bag
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net
net cage (fish farming)
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罓* | 罓* | *罓
net (Kangxi radical 122)
net profit
to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幮* | 幮* | *幮
a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain
lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / fig. completely deserted
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罝* | 罝* | *罝
net for catching rabbits
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罾* | 罾* | *罾
large square net
to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罒* | 罒* | *罒
net (Kangxi radical 122)
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *目* | 目* | *目
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罽* | 罽* | *罽
(fishing net) / woolen rug
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罱* | 罱* | *罱
a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool
netted veins / reticulated veins (of a leaf etc) / stockwork (geology)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罿* | 罿* | *罿
bird net
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罦* | 罦* | *罦
net for catching birds
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罛* | 罛* | *罛
large fishing net
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罭* | 罭* | *罭
drag-net
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罻* | 罻* | *罻
bird net
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罥* | 罥* | *罥
bird catching net / to bind / to hang
to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
net used to catch fish (or birds etc) / (fig.) the net of justice 法網|法网
Internet addiction / net addiction / web addiction
net receipts / real income
advantage / gain / net profit
actually paid / net (payment)
net profit
net zero (net-zero carbon emissions)
safety net
China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net
netted enclosure (protecting crops)
net income / net profit
it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
net present value (NPV)
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
legal net / the long arm of the law
to cast a fishing net / (computing) to go offline
to net sth / to catch sth with a net
drift net (fishing)
neural net
net contents
dip net
net ball / let (tennis etc)
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
base net (in geodetic survey)
bed curtain / mosquito net
lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom)
net weight
purse-seine net (fishing)
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
net profit
Internet addiction / net addiction / web addiction
net
World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网
to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested


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