天网恢恢

天网恢恢
tiānwǎnghuīhuī

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

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

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

    • The net of heaven is vast and wide, loose-meshed yet nothing escapes.

  2. noun

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

    • The net of heaven is vast and wide; though its mesh is coarse, nothing escapes it.

  3. noun

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

    • The net of heaven is vast and wide; though its meshes are loose, nothing escapes it.

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The sky is the vast, boundless expanse that lies above human beings.

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