法网 (fǎ wǎng) — the net of justice; the long arm of the law (metaphor for the legal system that catches wrongdoers)
Definition
A metaphor for the legal system: the 'net of justice' that eventually catches wrongdoers. Famous from the phrase 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 — the net of justice is wide but lets nothing through.
noun
the net of justicethe long arm of the law (metaphor for the legal system that catches wrongdoers)
Examples
- 法网。Tā zuì hòu luò rù le fǎ wǎng.He finally fell into the net of justice.
- ，。fǎ wǎng Huī huī, shū ér bú lòu.The net of justice is vast, but nothing slips through.
- 法网。Huài rén nán táo fǎ wǎng.Bad people cannot escape the net of justice.
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