天网恢恢,疏而不漏
Traditional form:
天網恢恢,疏而不漏
Pinyin (reading):
tiānwǎnghuīhuī,shū'érbùlòu
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 网 - net; network
- 恢 - to restore, to recover; great, immense, vast
- 恢 - to restore, to recover; great, immense, vast
- 疏 - to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 漏 - to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
Traditional characters:
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 網 - net; network
- 恢 - to restore, to recover; great, immense, vast
- 恢 - to restore, to recover; great, immense, vast
- 疏 - to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 漏 - to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel