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HSK
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
online
HSK 1
online friend / netizen; Internet user
HSK 1
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net / network
HSK 2
website
HSK 2
tennis / tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Internet
HSK 3
network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)
HSK 4
website / web address / URL
HSK 4
web page
HSK 6
Internet café
HSK 6
to connect (or be connected) to a network; to network
HSK 7-9
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
netizen; Internet user; online community member
HSK 7-9
(computing) node in a network / (commerce) sales outlet / branch / service center / (illustration) screentone / halftone dot
HSK 7-9
official website (abbr. for 官方網站|官方网站)
NetEase
China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
Internet
silk screen / screen (printing)
grid / mesh / lattice
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
network adapter card (computing)
net (for ball games)
Wimbledon Championships (tennis) / abbr. for 溫布爾登網球公開賽|温布尔登网球公开赛
Internet shopping / to purchase online
fishing net / fishnet
online shop
online banking / abbr. for 網上銀行|网上银行
retina
seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen
online love affair / cyberdate / Internet dating
online storage space / cloud file storage
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network
network (computer, telecom) / Internet / Taiwanese term for 網絡|网络
online game (abbr. for 網絡遊戲|网络游戏)
net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella
(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
snare of love
to throw a net
spider web; cobweb
network management / webmaster
rack
Australian Open (tennis tournament)
mesh
French Open (tennis tournament)
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
to walk right into the trap
inescapable net (idiom) / trap / dragnet
dragnet / trawl / trawlnet
Internet / net / cyber-
lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts
net / fishing net / bird net
to spin a web (spider) / to weave a net (e.g. for fishing)
string bag / mesh bag / net bag
retina (anatomy)
Internet celebrity; influencer / (attributive) popular on the Internet
Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net
Netscape
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
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
Internet addict
neural network
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block
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
blog / weblog / same as 博客
netted veins / reticulated veins (of a leaf etc) / stockwork (geology)
variant of 漁網|渔网
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
(printing) screen
(of video clips, rumors etc) to circulate on the Internet
model for online fashion sites etc
Taobao Marketplace, a Chinese website for online shopping
web series
(of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet)
Internet café (Tw)
the entire Internet
hairnet
to make money online
online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学)
Ethernet
fishnet stockings
to cyberbully (abbr. for 網絡暴力|网络暴力)
online variety show (abbr. for 網絡綜藝節目|网络综艺节目)
online classes
cobweb / spider web
Netflix, American entertainment company
anonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator (abbr. for 網絡特工|网络特工)
website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社 (chinanews.com)
(finance) online lending (or borrowing)
filter / a sieve
ChinaNews (China News Service)
(coll.) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission)

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