To be at large, free from the law; to get away with a crime without punishment.
逍遥优游自得的样子。指犯法的人没有受到法律制裁，仍然自由自在。
巴金《探索集·再说小骗子》那些造神召鬼、制造冤案、虚报产量、逼死人命等等、等等的大骗子是不会长期逍遥法外的。”
Despite the evidence, the corrupt official remained xiaoyao fa wai and never faced justice.
Learn the next connected idiom: 逍遥法外 (xiāo yáo fǎ wài) → 外强中干 (wài qiáng zhōng gān)
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