| 法网恢恢，疏而不漏 |
fǎ wǎng - huī huī , shū ér bù lòu |
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice |
| 法 |
fǎ |
variant of 法 |
| 法 |
Fǎ |
France / French / abbr. for 法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4] |
| 法 |
fǎ |
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉) |
| 法 |
fǎ |
old variant of 法 / law |
| 法网 |
Fǎ wǎng |
French Open (tennis tournament) |
| 法网 |
fǎ wǎng |
the net of justice; the long arm of the law |
| 网 |
wǎng |
net / network |
| 恢 |
huī |
to restore / to recover / great |
| 恢恢 |
huī huī |
(literary) vast; extensive |
| 恢 |
huī |
to restore / to recover / great |
| 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) |