法网灰灰，疏而不漏

fǎ wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu

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1. The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.

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Child Words of 法网灰灰，疏而不漏

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 法 法 fǎ: France
• 漏 漏 lòu: to leak
• 灰 灰 huī: ash
• 网 网 wǎng: net
• 而 而 ér: and
• 法网 法网 fǎ wǎng: French Open (tennis tournament)
• 疏 疏 shū: to dredge
• 疏而不漏 疏而不漏 shū ér bù lòu: loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[lǎo zǐ]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape