天てん網もう

noun

heaven's net; inescapable justice

Literary or proverbial term for the idea that heaven's justice is inescapable, like a vast net that catches all wrongdoers. Often used in the phrase 天網恢々疎にして漏らさず (heaven's net is wide-meshed but lets nothing slip).

• 天てん網もう恢々かいかい疎そにして漏もらさずという言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a saying: 'Heaven's net is wide-meshed but lets nothing slip.'

• 悪あく事じを働はたらけば、いつか天てん網もうに引ひっかかるだろう。

  If you do evil, you will eventually be caught in heaven's net.