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inescapable net (idiom) · trap · dragnet

天罗地网
tiān luó dì wǎng
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
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天网恢恢，疏而不漏tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
Antonyms
to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) · to show a clean pair of heels逃之夭夭táo zhī yāo yāo
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