天道恢恢
tiān​dào​huī​huī

heaven's net is wide

  • created reference approved 天道恢恢 → 天网恢恢/天網恢恢 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天道恢恢 tiān​dào​huī​huī

    天网恢恢 / 天網恢恢 tiān​wǎng​huī​huī

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天道恢恢 · tiān​dào​huī​huī · heaven's net is wide — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天道恢恢

    tiān​dào​huī​huī

    heaven's net is wide

    literally means that heaven's justice is vast and loose but never lets a criminal escape; used to describe how a lawbreaker will eventually be caught and punished by the law

    天道 (literal) → 天道 · tiān​dào · natural law 恢恢 (reduplication) → 恢 · huī · vast

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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