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Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「超然物外」, detailed below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「超然物外」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Chao: superior and otherworldly; Wuwai: otherworldly. Beyond worldly life. Extended to mean staying out of something.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chāo rán wù wài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chiu1 yin4 mat6 ngoi6

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