天網恢恢
simp天网恢恢tin1 mong5 fui1 fui1tiān wǎng huī huī
English
- lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
- fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
- you can't run from the long arm of the law
- wrongdoers are deemed to be punished
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容做壞事嘅人一定會受到懲罰
Examples
天網恢恢,疏而不漏。
Wrongdoers will be punished after all. (Literally: Heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it.)
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk