| 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 |
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu |
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 |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天网 |
Tiān wǎng |
Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China) |
| 天网恢恢 |
tiān wǎng huī huī |
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 |
| 网 |
wǎng |
net; web / network / to net; to catch with a net |
| 恢 |
huī |
(bound form) vast; expansive / (bound form) to restore; to recover |
| 恢恢 |
huī huī |
(literary) vast; extensive |
| 恢 |
huī |
(bound form) vast; expansive / (bound form) to restore; to recover |
| 疏 |
shū |
variant of 疏 |
| 疏 |
Shū |
surname Shu |
| 疏 |
shū |
to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation |
| 疏而不漏 |
shū ér bù lòu |
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 漏 |
lòu |
to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old) |