天罗地网

天羅地網
tiānluódìwǎng
  1. inescapable net (idiom)
  2. trap
  3. dragnet

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) far-flung network; inescapable net; tight encirclement with no escape (Classifier: 張／张 m)
  2. far-flung network; inescapable net; tight encirclement with no escape (Classifier: 張／张 m)

Wiktionary

比喻防范布置得极为严密而无法逃脱。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 天 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven
2 罗 luó
  1. gauze
  2. to collect
  3. to gather
  4. to catch
  5. to sift
3 地 dì
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier: 片
4 网 wǎng
  1. net
  2. network

Containing this entry

万维天罗地网 Wànwéi Tiānluó Dìwǎng
  1. World Wide Web (WWW)
  2. lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth
  3. term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 万维网 Wànwéiwǎng

Related entries

存水弯 cúnshuǐwān
  1. trap (plumbing)
  2. U-bend
捉捕器 zhuōbǔqì trap (for animals etc)
擭 huò trap
弇 yǎn
  1. to cover
  2. trap
牢笼 láolóng
  1. cage
  2. trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)
  3. fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)
  4. shackles (of past misconceptions)
  5. to trap
  6. to shackle
人获得自由，究竟意味着什么？难道就是从一个牢笼里巧妙地逃出来，其实只是置身于另一个更大的牢笼。

What does obtaining freedom really mean? It may seem like cleverly escaping out of a cage, but one just ends up in another bigger cage.

Source: Tatoeba

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