







闲云野鹤 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a person who leads a leisurely and carefree life”. Detached from worldly concerns. Literally, “drifting clouds and wild cranes”.

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Open the tool →闲云野鹤 (xián yún yě hè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a person who leads a leisurely and carefree life”.
闲云野鹤 is pronounced xián yún yě hè in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 闲云野鹤 means “drifting clouds and wild cranes”. It is used to mean “a person who leads a leisurely and carefree life”.
闲:无拘束。飘浮的云,野生的鹤。旧指生活闲散、脱离世事的人。