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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 无法无天
[wúfǎwútiān]
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无视法纪，不顾天理。指毫无顾忌地干坏事。
Examples
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这个纨绔子弟做事骄横恣肆，无法无天。
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This dandy from a rich family is presumptuous and unlawful.
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你对他太宽纵了，所以他现在才会这样无法无天！
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You were too indulgent with him, so now he stops at nothing.
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那个司机撞人后竟然逃跑了，如此无法无天，真令人啮齿！
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The driver fled after his car knocked somebody down. He is absolutely lawless, which really makes other people gnash their teeth in anger.
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Word Decomposition
无
[wú]
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法
[fǎ]
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无
[wú]
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天
[tiān]
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nciku Note
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Be completely lawless
无法无天
wúfǎwútiān
The Story:
We can find this idiom in Cao Xueqin's A Dream of Red Mansions: Jia Zheng is very angry and afraid, so he calls his son, Bao Yu to come out immediately, which he does. Jia asks, "You damn lackey do not study well at home. This man is a government official who works for the prince. What kind of person is this? You lured him to come out without any reason, and at the same time you have also endangered me. How can you have no shame and defy all laws?" Jia's anger at his son who did not feel any obligation to preserve the law represents the idiom, which stands as a criticism of a shameless man who defies laws.
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