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無拘無束

简无拘无束 · 繁無拘無束

Mandarin · pinyin wú jū wú shù

free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
unbuttoned
without care or worries

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拘: jū · restrain, seize, detain
束: shù · bind, control, restrain; bale
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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2–1–2–4 · wu2 ju1 wu2 shu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 keoi1 mou4 cuk1

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(idiomatic) unrestrained; unconstrained; free and easy

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