unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large
trad. 逍遙法外
Also written 逍遙法外【xiāo yáo fǎ wài】
Characters in this word
4逍
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used in 逍遙|逍遥[xiao1 yao2]
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 25737 of 2500
遥
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(bound form) distant; remote; far away
- Pinyin
- yáo
- Traditional
- 遙
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 38653 of 2500
法
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variant of 法[fa3]
- Pinyin
- fǎ
- Traditional
- 㳒
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2497 of 2500
外
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outside, in addition, foreign, external
- Pinyin
- wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2016 of 2500