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online
HSK 1
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 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)
mesh / netting
NetEase
China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
Internet
grid / mesh / lattice
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
network adapter card (computing)
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
ezTravel, Taiwanese travel agency
online love affair / cyberdate / Internet dating
online storage space / cloud file storage
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
silk screen / screen (printing)
snare of love
to throw a net
spider web; cobweb
network management / webmaster
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
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
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
Internet addict
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block
blog / weblog / same as 博客
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
netted veins / reticulated veins (of a leaf etc) / stockwork (geology)
(finance) online lending (or borrowing)
to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
variant of 漁網|渔网
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
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)
(of video clips, rumors etc) to circulate on the Internet
the entire Internet
hairnet
cyberspace
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 classes
net (for ball games)
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)
filter / a sieve
ChinaNews (China News Service)
(coll.) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission)
news agency
(textiles) mesh fabric

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