xiāo yáo fǎ wài

Traditional: 逍遙法外

逍遥法外 (xiāo yáo fǎ wài) is a Chinese word meaning “unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large”.

Meanings

  1. 1unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
  2. 2getting away with it (e.g. crimes)
  3. 3still at large

Characters in 逍遥法外

逍xiāo · used in 逍遙|逍遥[xiao1 yao2]遥yáo · (bound form) distant; remote; far away法fǎ · law外wài · outside

Related words

无法unable to; incapable of办法way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)法law法France法variant of 法[fa3]法old variant of 法[fa3]想法way of thinking; opinion; notion方法method; way; technique; procedure另外additional外outside法官judge (in court)

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