tiān wǎng huī huī

Traditional: 天網恢恢

天网恢恢 (tiān wǎng huī huī) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 3you can't run from the long arm of the law

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