天网恢恢 (天網恢恢) tiānwǎng huīhuī
tiānwǎng huīhuī
set phrase
heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it; the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Idiom, from Laozi 73 (CC-CEDICT '天網恢恢')
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- 天网恢恢，疏而不失(天網恢恢，疏而不失) heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
- 天网恢恢，疏而不漏(天網恢恢，疏而不漏) heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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- 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷二百二十五中 列傳第一百五十中 逆臣中 Volume 225b Biographies 150b: Rebellious Ministers 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 卷三 本紀第三: 世祖 Volume 3: Emperor Wen Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 1
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 1
- 卷91 術藝:晁崇 張淵 殷紹 王早 耿玄 劉靈助 江式等 Volume 91: The Arts - Chao Chong, Zhang Yuan, Yin Shao, Wang Zao, Geng Xuan, Liu Lingzhu, Jiang Shi, and others Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷三十下 郎顗襄楷列傳 Volume 30b: Biographies of Lang Yi; Xiang Kai Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1