逍遥自在 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• free and at leisure ; unfettered
• outside the reach of the law (of criminal)
• at large

Character by character

• 逍xiāoto ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter
• 遥yáodistant, remote
• 自zìself; private, personal; from
• 在zaiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present

Idioms sharing a character

• 逍遥法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài
• 逍遥自得 xiāo yáo zì dé
• 遥遥无期 yáo yáo wú qī
• 遥遥领先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān
• 不敢自专 bù gǎn zì zhuān
• 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ
• 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
• 不言自明 bù yán zì míng
• 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
• 作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù

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