逍遥 (逍遙)
xiāo yáo
Pinyin

Definition

逍遥 (逍遙)
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xiāo yáo
  1. free and unfettered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

逍遥
xiāo yáo
  1. 1 free and unfettered
逍遥法外
xiāo yáo fǎ wài
  1. 1 unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
  2. 2 getting away with it (e.g. crimes)
  3. 3 still at large
逍遥自在
xiāo yáo zì zai
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 outside the reach of the law (of criminal)
  3. 3 at large

Idioms (3)

逍遥法外
xiāo yáo fǎ wài
  1. 1 unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
  2. 2 getting away with it (e.g. crimes)
  3. 3 still at large
逍遥自在
xiāo yáo zì zai
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 outside the reach of the law (of criminal)
  3. 3 at large
逍遥自得
xiāo yáo zì dé
  1. 1 doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free

Sample Sentences

恭喜大家过猴年、快乐逍遥乐神仙。
gōngxǐ dàjiā guò hóu nián 、kuàilè xiāoyáo lè shénxiān 。
Wishing everyone a wonderful year of the monkey. May we all be happy and joyful as the gods and the fairies.
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上片确实离愁别绪多，不过还不能一概而论，作者的意思是他想要离开繁杂的人间回到他逍遥的月宫，可是又想着月宫中应该十分冷清，不如留在人间，一样可以在月光下潇洒地起舞弄清影，此时他的情绪是矛盾的。
shàng piàn quèshí líchóu biéxù duō ，bùguò hái bùnéng yīgàiérlùn ，zuòzhě de yìsi shì tā xiǎngyào líkāi fánzá de rénjiān huí dào tā xiāoyáo de yuè gōng ，kěshì yòu xiǎng zhe yuè gōng zhōng yīnggāi shífēn lěngqīng ，bùrú liú zài rénjiān ，yīyàng kěyǐ zài yuèguāng xià xiāosǎ de qǐwǔnòngqīngyǐng ，cǐ shí tā de qíngxù shì máodùn de 。
The first part does indeed have a lot of the sorrowful sentiment of parting, however you can't lump it all in together. The author means that he wants to leave the complexity of the human world and return to the freedom of the palace on the moon, but he is also thinking that the palace on the moon will be quite cold and cheerless, so he'd be better off in the world, where he can dance freely under the moonlight, so at this point he is feeling ambivalent.
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难道真的是“道高一尺，魔高一丈，”吗？一定要抓到他，不能让他逍遥法外！
nándào zhēnde shì “dàogāoyīchǐ, mógāoyīzhàng ，”ma ？yīdìng yào zhuādào tā ，bùnéng ràng tā xiāoyáo fǎwài ！
You think that evil will always triumph over good? They will have to catch him, they can't let him escape justice!
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什么二人世界，我看你们就知道玩。只顾自己逍遥快活，一点都不理会父母的心思。
shénme èrrénshìjiè ，wǒ kàn nǐmen jiù zhīdào wán 。zhǐgù zìjǐ xiāoyáo kuàihuó ，yīdiǎn dōu bù lǐhuì fùmǔ de xīnsi 。
Couple's world? It seems to me that you two just want to play around. Only focusing on yourselves, worry-free and cheerful. Not mindful of your parents' ideas at all.
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