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From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「方外之人」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「方外之人」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Fangwai: outside the world. Originally refers to people whose words and deeds are beyond secular ethics. Later it refers to monks and Taoists.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fāng wài zhī rén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fong1 ngoi6 ji1 yan4

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