tiān​wǎng​huī​huī​shū'ér​bù​shī

justice has a long arm

  • created reference approved 天网恢恢,疏而不失/天網恢恢,疏而不失 → 天网恢恢,疏而不漏/天網恢恢,疏而不漏 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天网恢恢,疏而不失 / 天網恢恢,疏而不失 tiān​wǎng​huī​huī​shū'ér​bù​shī

    天网恢恢,疏而不漏 / 天網恢恢,疏而不漏 tiān​wǎng​huī​huī​shū'ér​bù​lòu

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  • created sense approved 天网恢恢,疏而不失/天網恢恢,疏而不失 · tiān​wǎng​huī​huī​shū'ér​bù​shī · justice has long arms — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天网恢恢,疏而不失 / 天網恢恢,疏而不失

    tiān​wǎng​huī​huī​shū'ér​bù​shī

    justice has long arms

    heaven's net is wide mesh but lets nothing through; literal sense that the net of heaven is vast and loose, yet no evil person can escape its justice

    天网恢恢 (literal) → 天网恢恢/天網恢恢 · tiān​wǎng​huī​huī · justice has a long arm , (non_chinese) 疏 (literal) → 疏 · shū · sparse 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to miss

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  • created sense approved 天网恢恢,疏而不失/天網恢恢,疏而不失 · tiān​wǎng​huī​huī​shū'ér​bù​shī · justice has a long arm — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天网恢恢,疏而不失 / 天網恢恢,疏而不失

    tiān​wǎng​huī​huī​shū'ér​bù​shī

    justice has a long arm

    Heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it; the way of Heaven is fair, and the guilty will eventually be punished

    天网 (literal) → 天网/天網 · tiān​wǎng · the net of heaven 恢恢 (reduplication) → 恢 · huī · vast , (non_chinese) 疏 (literal) → 疏 · shū · sparse 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不失 (literal) → 不失 · bù​shī · to not lose

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