hé​shang​dǎ​sǎn​wú​fǎ​wú​tiān

lawless

  • created reference approved 和尚打伞,无法无天/和尚打傘,無法無天 → 无发/無髮 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    和尚打伞,无法无天 / 和尚打傘,無法無天 hé​shang​dǎ​sǎn​wú​fǎ​wú​tiān

    无发 / 無髮 wú​fà

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  • created reference approved 和尚打伞,无法无天/和尚打傘,無法無天 → 无法/無法 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    和尚打伞,无法无天 / 和尚打傘,無法無天 hé​shang​dǎ​sǎn​wú​fǎ​wú​tiān

    无法 / 無法 wú​fǎ

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  • created sense approved 和尚打伞,无法无天/和尚打傘,無法無天 · hé​shang​dǎ​sǎn​wú​fǎ​wú​tiān · lawless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    和尚打伞,无法无天 / 和尚打傘,無法無天

    hé​shang​dǎ​sǎn​wú​fǎ​wú​tiān

    lawless

    Literally "a monk holding an umbrella—no hair and no sky", a play on words where "no hair" [[无发|無髮|wu2 fa4]] sounds like "no law" [[无法|無法|wu2 fa3]], and the umbrella blocks the sky; used to describe someone who is completely lawless and defies all rules or principles.

    和尚 (literal) → 和尚 · hé​shang · Buddhist monk 打伞 (literal) → 打伞/打傘 · dǎ​sǎn · to use an umbrella , (non_chinese) 无法无天 (literal) → 无法无天/無法無天 · wú​fǎ​wú​tiān · lawless

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