天网恢恢，疏而不漏
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
Traditional: 天網恢恢，疏而不漏
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- 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(tiān wǎng huī huī)— lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
→天网恢恢，疏而不失(tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī)— lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
→疏而不漏(shū ér bù lòu)— loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
→九天(jiǔ tiān)— the Ninth Heaven
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