天网恢恢,疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
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
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天网恢恢,疏而不漏 (tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu) means "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" in Chinese.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏 is pronounced "tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 9 syllables.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏 is made up of the characters 天, 网, 恢, 恢, ,, 疏, 而, 不, 漏. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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