Tā fànxià le tāotiān de zuìxíng, zuìzhōng shòudào le fǎlǜ de zhìcái.
He committed monstrous crimes and was finally punished by law.
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滔 is surging water, so 滔天 is water rising high enough to flood the sky. The image carries over to things too big to measure: 滔天大罪 (a monstrous crime), 罪恶滔天 and 怒火滔天 (towering rage).
