vast; extensive; far-reaching
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
vast; extensive; far-reaching (usually of Heaven's net or justice)
literaryLiterary term, most commonly used in the fixed idiom '天网恢恢，疏而不漏' to describe how evildoers cannot escape the vast net of justice.
Tiān天
wǎng网
huī恢
huī恢
，
shū疏
ér而
bù不
lòu漏
。
The net of Heaven is vast; though its meshes are wide, it misses nothing. (Evildoers will not escape punishment.)
Zài在
huī恢
huī恢
tiān天
dào道
miàn面
qián前
，
rèn任
hé何
zuì罪
è恶
zhōng终
jiāng将
shòu受
dào到
chéng惩
fá罚
。
Before the vast way of Heaven, any sin will eventually be punished.
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Huī恢
huī恢
yǔ宇
zhòu宙
，
bāo包
luó罗
wàn万
xiàng象
。
The vast universe encompasses all phenomena.