| 万维天罗地网 |
Wàn wéi Tiān luó Dì wǎng |
World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 万维网 |
| 万 |
mò |
used in 万俟 |
| 万 |
Wàn |
surname Wan |
| 万 |
wàn |
ten thousand / a great number |
| 维 |
Wéi |
abbr. for Uighur 维吾尔 / surname Wei |
| 维 |
wéi |
to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 维生素) |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天罗地网 |
tiān luó dì wǎng |
inescapable net (idiom) / trap / dragnet |
| 罗 |
Luó |
surname Luo |
| 罗 |
luó |
gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to sift |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 网 |
wǎng |
net / network |