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疏而不漏

Mandarin · pinyin shū ér bù lòu

loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子 Lǎo zǐ); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

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疏: shū · neglect; careless, lax
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
漏: lòu · leak, drip; funnel; hour glass

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1–2–4–4 · shu1 er2 bu4 lou4

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so1 ji4 bat1 lau6

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