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Home / Idiom / 逍遥法外

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

逍遥法外
xiāo yáo fǎ wài
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The murderer is still at large.
那个杀人犯依然逍遥法外。
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered · outside the reach of the law (of criminal) · at large逍遥自在xiāo yáo zì zai
Antonyms
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement · the punishment fits the crime罪有应得zuì yǒu yīng déit is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)法网难逃fǎ wǎng nán táo
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