天網恢恢,疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu

DEFINITIONS

  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

CHARACTERS

天 tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial
網 wǎng net, web; network
恢 huī restore; big, great, immense, vast
恢 huī restore; big, great, immense, vast
疏 shū neglect; careless, lax
而 ér and; and then; and yet; but
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
漏 lòu leak, drip; funnel; hour glass