闲云野鹤 — Chinese idiom
闲云野鹤
xián yún yě hè
Traditional: 閒雲野鶴
Meaning
- free spirit; person who leads a carefree, unfettered life
Character by character
- 闲xiánfence, guard; to defend; idle time
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 野yěfield, open country; wilderness
- 鹤hècrane; Grus species (various)
Idioms sharing a character
- 安闲自在 ān xián zì zai
- 安闲自得 ān xián zì dé
- 安闲随意 ān xián suí yì
- 安闲舒适 ān xián shū shì
- 心安神闲 xīn ān shén xián
- 忙里偷闲 máng lǐ tōu xián
- 气定神闲 qì dìng shén xián
- 闲话家常 xián huà jiā cháng
- 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
- 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
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