天网恢恢，疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī ， shū ér bù lòu

you can't run from the long arm of the law

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
网 wǎng HSK 3
net; network
恢 huī HSK 5
to restore; to recover; great
恢 huī HSK 5
to restore; to recover; great
疏 shū HSK 6
sparse; scanty; thin
而 ér HSK 3
and; but (not); (indicates contrast)
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
漏 lòu HSK 5
to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake