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There are 8 total results for your 天網 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

天網


天网

see styles
tiān wǎng
    tian1 wang3
t`ien wang
    tien wang
 tenmou / tenmo
    てんもう
Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
heaven's vengeance; heaven's net

天網恢々

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 tenmoukaikai / tenmokaikai
    てんもうかいかい
(expression) (yoji) heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through

天網恢恢


天网恢恢

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tiān wǎng huī huī
    tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1
t`ien wang hui hui
    tien wang hui hui
 tenmoukaikai / tenmokaikai
    てんもうかいかい
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
(expression) (yoji) heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through

心中天網島

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 shinjuutennoamijima / shinjutennoamijima
    しんじゅうてんのあみじま
(work) Shinjuu Ten no Amijima (Love Suicides at Amijima) - play by Chikamatsu, film by Masahiro Shinoda; (wk) Shinjuu Ten no Amijima (Love Suicides at Amijima) - play by Chikamatsu, film by Masahiro Shinoda

Variations:
天網恢々
天網恢恢

see styles
 tenmoukaikai / tenmokaikai
    てんもうかいかい
(expression) (yoji) heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through

天網恢恢,疏而不失


天网恢恢,疏而不失

see styles
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
    tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1 , shu1 er2 bu4 shi1
t`ien wang hui hui , shu erh pu shih
    tien wang hui hui , shu erh pu shih
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

天網恢恢,疏而不漏


天网恢恢,疏而不漏

see styles
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
    tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1 , shu1 er2 bu4 lou4
t`ien wang hui hui , shu erh pu lou
    tien wang hui hui , shu erh pu lou
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

天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず

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 tenmoukaikaisonishitemorasazu / tenmokaikaisonishitemorasazu
    てんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず
(expression) (proverb) (from Laozi) heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 8 results for "天網" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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