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置身事外
zhì​shēn​shì​wài

to stay out of it

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
置身事外 zhì​shēn​shì​wài
to stay out of it
(idiom) to keep oneself out of a matter; to stay aloof or uninvolved

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.91 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.559 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 袖手旁观 xiù​shǒu​páng​guān
  • 超然物外 chāo​rán​wù​wài

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)