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<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
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<k_ele>
<keb>天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>てんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<s_inf>from Laozi</s_inf>
<gloss>heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2017-12-05 08:02:29" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-05-21 12:45:38" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook both have these words as lowercase. And if you're deeply religious, well sorry, 
but one of the few Liturgical style guides I have seen also has it as lowercase. The only time you would capitalize Heaven and 
Hell is if these were distinct places, say in a work of fiction."</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;Heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-06-26 17:58:57" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Sankoku, meikyo, and daijirin attribute this to Laozi

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│ 天網恢恢疎にして │ 4,020 │
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<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;quote;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;from Laozi&lt;/s_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-06-26 23:23:30" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-06-27 00:42:19" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>i don't think [quote] makes sense here? Just because a proverb can be attested to someone/somewhere doesn't mean it's not a proverb.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-06-27 13:23:45" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>On reflection, I agree.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;quote;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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