天网恢恢，疏而不漏

Traditional: 天網恢恢，疏而不漏

tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu

Dictionary entry

lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)

What does 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 mean?

天网恢恢，疏而不漏 (tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)

2fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

3you can't run from the long arm of the law

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天tiānday · sky 网wǎngnet; web · network 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive · (bound form) to restore; to recover 疏shūvariant of 疏[shu1]而érand · as well as 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-漏lòuto leak · to divulge

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天网恢恢，疏而不漏

tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu

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