Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China


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loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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
The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.


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