Read Edit View history 置身事外 zhìshēnshìwài to stay out of it Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 置身事外 zhìshēnshìwài 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 xiùshǒupángguān超然物外 chāoránwùwài Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
置身事外 zhìshēnshìwài 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 xiùshǒupángguān超然物外 chāoránwùwài Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)