逍遥 (逍遙) xiāo yáo
xiāo yáo
phrase
free and unfettered
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This is an example of a rhyming semi-reduplicate in Literary Chinese (Norman 1988p. 87).
Contained in
- 逍遥自在(逍遙自在) free and at leisure; unfettered
- 逍遥自得(逍遙自得) doing as one pleases; foot-loose and fancy free
- 逍遥法外(逍遙法外) unfettered and beyond the law; evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
- 卷七十四上 表第十四上 宰相世系四上 Volume 74a Tables 19: Chancellors Genealogy 4a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 8
- 卷一百九十二 列傳第一百四十二: 隱逸 Volume 192 Biographies 142: Recluses Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 7
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷一百四十三 志第九十六 儀衞一 Volume 143 Treatises 96: Ceremonial Guards 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷一百四十六 志第九十九 儀衞四 Volume 146 Treatises 99: Ceremonial Guards 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
Collocations
- 逍遥辇 (逍遙輦) 改乘逍遙輦入和寧門 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四十六 本紀第四十六 度宗 Volume 46 Annals 46: Duzong — count: 14
- 逍遥公 (逍遙公) 號之曰逍遙公 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷31 列傳第23 韋孝寬 韋敻 梁士彥 Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wei Xiaokuan; Wei Xiong; Liang Shiyan — count: 12
- 逍遥园 (逍遙園) 仍使入西明閣及逍遙園 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十五 列傳第六十五 藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts — count: 10
- 逍遥公房 (逍遙公房) 逍遙公房出自閬弟子真嘉 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷七十四上 表第十四上 宰相世系四上 Volume 74a Tables 19: Chancellors Genealogy 4a — count: 7
- 逍遥子 (逍遙子) 逍遙子還宮 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十五 志第九十八 儀衞三 Volume 145 Treatises 98: Ceremonial Guards 3 — count: 6
- 逍遥先生 (逍遙先生) 右諫議大夫致仕鄭雲叟賜號逍遙先生 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷七十八 晉書4: 高祖本紀四 Volume 78 Book of Later Jin 4: Gaozu Annals 4 — count: 5
- 逍遥篇 (逍遙篇) 注孝經及莊子逍遙篇 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十七 列傳第五十七 夷蠻 Volume 97 Biographies 57: Yi Man — count: 5
- 逍遥郡 (逍遙郡) 改封逍遙郡公 — Book of Chen 陳書, 卷三十一 列傳第二十五: 蕭摩訶 任忠 樊毅 魯廣達 Volume 31: Xiao Mohe; Ren Zhong; Fan Yi; Lu Guangda — count: 5
- 逍遥谷 (逍遙谷) 又幸逍遙谷道士潘師正所居 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷五 本紀第五: 高宗下 Volume 5 Annals 5: Gaozong 2 — count: 4
- 号逍遥 (號逍遙) 號逍遙公 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百五十八 列傳第一百〇八: 武元衡 鄭餘慶 韋貫之 Volume 158 Biographies 108: Wu Yuanheng, Zheng Yuqing, Wei Guanzhi — count: 4