无官一身轻
wú​guān​yī​shēn​qīng

carefree without the burden of office

  • created sense approved 无官一身轻/無官一身輕 · wú​guān​yī​shēn​qīng · carefree without the burden of office — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无官一身轻 / 無官一身輕

    wú​guān​yī​shēn​qīng

    carefree without the burden of office

    A set phrase describing the feeling of relief and freedom from responsibility once one has left an official post or retired from duty.

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 官 (literal) → 官 · guān · post 一身 (literal) → 一身 · yī​shēn · whole body 轻 (literal) → 轻/輕 · qīng · light

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense