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天网恢恢，疏而不漏

tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu

9-character word Traditional 天網恢恢，疏而不漏

What 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 means

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

The characters in 天网恢恢，疏而不漏

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 疏shūto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake