天网恢恢,疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī

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
网 wǎng net; network; KangXi radical 122
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
失 shī lose; make mistake, neglect