WordTaiwan frequency #27,329
置身事外
ㄓˋ ㄕㄣ ㄕˋ ㄨㄞˋ
“to stay out of a matter; to remain aloof and uninvolved; to wash one's hands of an affair”
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置
ㄓˋ
To place or put something somewhere; to establish or set up; to buy or acquire; to abandon or discard; to release or pardon.
身
ㄕㄣ
Body; trunk; life; oneself; personal experience; one's character or conduct; the main part of something; pregnant; classifier for suits of clothes.
事
ㄕˋ
A thing or matter; an event or incident; work or business; to serve; to do or perform.
外
ㄨㄞˋ
Outside; external; foreign; in addition; not belonging to a certain scope; referring to relatives on the mother's or wife's side; a role in traditional opera playing an elderly man.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 故事ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋnarrative; story; tale; old practice; old custom; accident or incident
- 事情ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊmatter; affair; thing; business; what is happening; the way things are; human affairs and social dealings
- 身體ㄕㄣ ㄊㄧˇthe body; one's health; physically; in person
- 事件ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋincident; event; occurrence; matter; affair; thing; item; utensil; offal of birds or animals
- 事實ㄕˋ ㄕˊfact; the real state of affairs; something that is actually the case.
- 另外ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄞˋin addition; besides; moreover; furthermore; separate; other; additional
- 之外ㄓ ㄨㄞˋoutside; beyond; excluding; other than; apart from.
- 事業ㄕˋ ㄧㄝˋcareer; occupation; profession; enterprise or undertaking; organized activity or project, especially one serving a public or charitable cause
- 本身ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄣitself; in itself; per se; oneself; personally; the thing in its own right.
- 意外ㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋunexpected; not as planned; an accident; a mishap
- 此外ㄘˇ ㄨㄞˋbesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore.
- 董事長ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇchairman of the board of directors; the top executive who presides over the board and leads company operations.