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法faat3網mong5

simp法网
faat3 mong5Fǎ wǎngfǎ wǎng

English

  1. French Open (tennis tournament)
  2. the net of justice; the long arm of the law
  3. almighty law

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 慣用語,法律所編織而成嘅網,形容法律無所不漏,可以將罪犯繩之於法果陣就會用呢個字

Examples

  • 法网就像蜘蛛网,网得住苍蝇蚊子,网不住豺狼老虎。

    Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 法網難逃

    not possible to escape from law

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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