The forbidden net is wide
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NW ǎ ngsh ū Ku, which means that the law is too lenient. It comes from the first chapter of Ai Di Ji in the Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
XunYue of the Han Dynasty wrote in the first chapter of Ai Di Ji of the Han Dynasty: "as for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, the forbidden net is wide, but it is not corrected."
Idiom usage
In the past, Qin was a warder, and his clothes were full of red. In the Han Dynasty, the wind was over corrected and the net was wide, so the boat was swallowed. Preface to biography of cruel officials in Sui Dynasty
The forbidden net is wide
the doctrine of confucius and mencius - kǒng mèng zhī dào
suit both the refined and the common people - yǎ sú gòng shǎng
the hearts come together across the land - shuài tǔ guī xīn
swallow humiliation and bear a heavy load - rěn rǔ fù zhòng
the nation is beset by difficulties - guó bù jiān nán