天 网 恢 恢

tiān wǎng huī huīdictionary entry

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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Original source entry:

天網恢恢 天网恢恢 [tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1] /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

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