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逍遥

xiāo yáo

2-character word Traditional 逍遙

What 逍遥 means

1. free and unfettered

The characters in 逍遥

• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away

Example sentences

• 那个杀人犯依然逍遥法外。
  The murderer is still at large.

Words starting with 逍遥

• 逍遥法外xiāo yáo fǎ wàiunfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution…
• 逍遥自在xiāo yáo zì zaifree and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal)…
• 逍遥自得xiāo yáo zì dédoing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free