置身事外 — Chinese idiom
置身事外
zhì shēn shì wài
Meaning
- not to get involved; to stay out of it
Character by character
- 置zhìto lay out, to place, to set aside
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
Idioms sharing a character
- 姑置勿论 gū zhì wù lùn
- 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù
- 措置裕如 cuò zhì yù rú
- 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì
- 漠然置之 mò rán zhì zhī
- 无可置疑 wú kě zhì yí
- 无容置疑 wú róng zhì yí
- 置之不问 zhì zhī bù wèn
- 置之不理 zhì zhī bù lǐ
- 置若罔闻 zhì ruò wǎng wén
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