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一网打尽

yī wǎng dǎ jìn · literally “one net catches all”

Meaning

To capture or eliminate everything at once, leaving none behind.

In a sentence

The sale let them clear 一网打尽 the old stock.

Usage note

Originally about fishing or hunting; now used for clearing anything completely.

Where you see it in Brain Challenge

This idiom appears in the picture-idiom levels as a picture or number clue. When the clue shows numbers, the digits usually become the first characters of each half of the idiom — that is why so many chengyu start with 一, 三, 五, 七, 九 or 十.

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