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天网恢恢，疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
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Definitions
- 1. lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
- 2. fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
- 3. you can't run from the long arm of the law