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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
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  *網* | 網* | *網
net / network
HSK 2
Internet
HSK 3
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
to connect (or be connected) to a network; to network
HSK 7-9
cobweb / spider web
Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
world wide web / WWW
Internet
fishing net / fishnet
safety net
telephone network
French Open (tennis tournament)
the net of justice; the long arm of the law
(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
net / fishing net / bird net
intranet
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network
ChinaNews (China News Service)
legal net / the long arm of the law
net (for ball games)
to cast a fishing net / (computing) to go offline
network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen
Ethernet
subnetwork
wire netting / CL:
transport network
intranet
drift net (fishing)
to spin a web (spider) / to weave a net (e.g. for fishing)
road network
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block
It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law
wide area network / WAN
World Wide Web (WWW)
spy network
network
inescapable net (idiom) / trap / dragnet
hairnet
snare of love
(telecommunications) fixed network; landline (abbr. for 固定網絡|固定网络)
to walk right into the trap
to throw a net
metropolitan area network
spider web; cobweb
dragnet / trawl / trawlnet
to net sth / to catch sth with a net
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (computing)
token ring network
China Education and Research Network (CERNET) / abbr. to 中國教育網|中国教育网
variant of 漁網|渔网
filter / a sieve
to cut off access to the Internet; to shut down the Internet
(coll.) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission)
official website (abbr. for 官方網站|官方网站)
Wimbledon Championships (tennis) / abbr. for 溫布爾登網球公開賽|温布尔登网球公开赛
ezTravel, Taiwanese travel agency
news agency
website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社 (chinanews.com)
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
Web portal / (enterprise) portal
mesh laundry bag (for keeping garments separate from others in the washing machine)
Renren (Chinese social networking website)
to fall in love
the Internet outside the GFW 防火長城|防火长城
dip net
digital network
(computing) Dark Web
Internet of things (IoT)
Douban, PRC social networking website
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
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局
online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
the entire Internet
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
(Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
(computing) public network / wide area network / Internet
razor wire
razor wire
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
base net (in geodetic survey)
local area network (LAN)
Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
Xinhua News Network
Star network
Cable Network News (CNN)
(math.) lattice
Taobao Marketplace, a Chinese website for online shopping
purse-seine net (fishing)
Australian Open (tennis tournament)
(textiles) knotless netting
neural network
neural net
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
rough endoplasmic reticulum
silk screen / screen (printing)

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