Word information
Simplified逍遥
Traditional逍遙
Pinyinxiāo yáo
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Character breakdown
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How to learn 逍遥
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Words with the same characters
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遥远yáoyuǎn
distant; remote
遥控yáokòngto direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
逍遥自在xiāo yáo zì zaifree and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large
逍遥自得xiāo yáo zì dédoing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
逍遥法外xiāo yáo fǎ wàiunfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large
遥想yáo xiǎngto think about (the distant past or future)