逍遥法外逍遙法外

xiāo yáo fǎ wài

Meaning

unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large

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Characters

逍xiāoto ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter辶肖遥yáodistant, remote辶䍃法fǎlaw, rule, statute; method, way; French氵去外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition夕卜

Examples

那个杀人犯依然逍遥法外。

Nà ge shā rén fàn yī rán xiāo yáo fǎ wài.

The murderer is still at large.