粵

天tin1網mong5恢fui1恢fui1

simp天网恢恢
tin1 mong5 fui1 fui1tiān wǎng huī huī

English

  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
  4. wrongdoers are deemed to be punished

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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