Word Meaning 天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず

てんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず temmoukaikaisonishitemorasazu

天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず is read as てんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず (temmoukaikaisonishitemorasazu) and means heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes.

Meaning

English

heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes

Reading

Kana

てんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず

Romaji

temmoukaikaisonishitemorasazu

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 76 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 156971 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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天網恢々

てんもうかいかい

heaven's vengeance is slow but sure

天機を漏らす

てんきをもらす

to leak a major secret

天網

てんもう

heaven's vengeance

心中天網島

しんじゅうてんのあみじま

Shinjuu Ten no Amijima (Love Suicides at Amijima) - play by Chikamatsu, film by Masahiro Shinoda

疎漏

そろう

carelessness

網呑舟の魚を漏らす

あみどんしゅうのうおをもらす

the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through

天井知らず

てんじょうしらず

skyrocketing (prices)

天下

てんか

shogun (Edo period)

天の川

あまのがわ

Milky Way

天辺

てっぺん

twelve o'clock (usu. midnight)

天井

てんじょう

ceiling

天皇

てんのう

Emperor of Japan

Example Sentences

天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。

They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.