避世绝俗 — Chinese idiom
避世绝俗
bì shì jué sú
Traditional: 避世絕俗
Meaning
- to withdraw from society and live in seclusion
Character by character
- 避bìto avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
- 世shìgeneration, era, age; world
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
- 俗súsocial customs; vulgar, unrefined
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可避免 bù kě bì miǎn
- 不避斧钺 bù bì fǔ yuè
- 扬长避短 yáng cháng bì duǎn
- 趋利避害 qū lì bì hài
- 趋吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng
- 退避三舍 tuì bì sān shè
- 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng
- 避实就虚 bì shí jiù xū
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
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