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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 逍遥法外
[xiāoyáofǎwài]
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1.
go scot-free; be (or remain) at large
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 逍遥法外
[xiāoyáofǎwài]
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1.
指罪犯没有受到法律的制裁,依然自由自在。
Examples
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一些企业在地方主义的保护伞下“逍遥法外”。
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Some enterprises were under local protectionism.
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严查违禁药品,不能让坏人逍遥法外。
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Illegal medicine should be investigated strictly and those who break the law should be punished.
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他能长久逍遥法外?我就不信那个邪
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There were three convicts still at large.
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3名囚犯仍逍遥法外。
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There are no apologies for crimes whose perpetrators are still at large.
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那些还逍遥法外的犯罪者,没有对他们的罪行作出道歉。
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Word Decomposition
逍
[xiāo]
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遥
[yáo]
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法
[fǎ]
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外
[wài]
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