和尚打伞,无法无天
Traditional form:
和尚打傘,無法無天
Pinyin (reading):
héshangdǎsǎn,wúfǎwútiān
Definitions:
- lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮/发 (fà) vs 法 (fǎ))
- fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
- lawless
Characters:
- 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
- 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 伞 - umbrella, parasol, parachute
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
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