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Definition(s) for: 逍遥法外

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
逍遥法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài - unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
- getting away with it (e.g. crimes)
- still at large

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 5,506 41,614 38,461

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiāo- used in 逍遙|逍遥[xiao1yao2]
yáo- (bound form) distant; remote; far away
- France
- French
- abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]
- Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
- law
- method
- way
- to emulate
- (Buddhism) dharma
- (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists
- (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
- variant of 法[fa3]
- old variant of 法[fa3]
- law
wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external

Other Words Containing 逍遥法外

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
逍遥法外 - - 5,506 41,614 38,461