xiāo yáo zì dé

Traditional: 逍遙自得

逍遥自得 (xiāo yáo zì dé) is a Chinese word meaning “doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free”.

Meanings

  1. 1doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free

Characters in 逍遥自得

逍xiāo · used in 逍遙|逍遥[xiao1 yao2]遥yáo · (bound form) distant; remote; far away自zì · (bound form) self; oneself得dé · to obtain

Related words

得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to自己oneself; (attributive) one's own觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...记得to remember得到to get; to obtain; to receive来自to come from (a place)自由freedom; liberty自(bound form) self; oneself值得worth the money

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