天网恢恢 / 天網恢恢
tiān wǎng huī huī
Meaning
- literally heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
- figuratively the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
- you can't run from the long arm of the law
Example sentences
俗话说：天无绝人之路；可俗话又说：天网恢恢，疏而不漏！
俗話說：天無絕人之路；可俗話又說：天網恢恢，疏而不漏！
sú huà shuō： tiān wú jué rén zhī lù； kě sú huà yòu shuō： tiān wǎng huī huī， shū ér bù lòu！
"As the saying goes, ""Heaven never seals off all paths""; but another saying goes, ""The net of Heaven is vast, and though its meshes are wide, nothing escapes it!"""