逍遥法外 meaning in English
unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes)
Traditional 逍遙法外36 strokes
Meaning of 逍遥法外
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiāoyáofǎwài
- unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
- getting away with it (e.g. crimes)
- still at large
逍遥法外 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
那个杀人犯依然逍遥法外。
The murderer is still at large.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
逍 xiāo · to ramble · 10 strokes
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遥 yáo · distant · 13 strokes
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法 fǎ · law · 8 strokes
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外 wài · outside · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 逍遥法外.
| 外国 | wàiguó | foreign country |
| 国外 | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 外边 | wàibian | outside; outer surface |
| 外语 | wàiyǔ | foreign language |
| 办法 | bànfǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 想法 | xiǎngfǎ | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) |
| 方法 | fāngfǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 看法 | kànfǎ | way of looking at a thing; view |
| 以外 | yǐwài | apart from; other than |
| 做法 | zuòfǎ | way of handling sth; method for making |
| 外卖 | wàimài | (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business) |
| 外地 | wàidì | parts of the country other than where one is |
Questions about 逍遥法外
What does 逍遥法外 mean?
逍遥法外 (xiāoyáofǎwài) means "unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes)".
How do you write 逍遥法外?
逍遥法外 is made of 4 characters: 逍 (10 strokes), 遥 (13 strokes), 法 (8 strokes), 外 (5 strokes). That is 36 strokes in total.
How is 逍遥法外 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 逍遥法外 is written 逍遙法外.