疏而不漏

Traditional form:

疏而不漏

Pinyin (reading):

shū'érbùlòu

Definitions:

• loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子 ( Lǎozǐ)); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

Characters:

• 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:

• 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