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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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疏而不漏 疏而不漏 [shu1 er2 bu4 lou4] /loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape/

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疏而不漏
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