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Open the tool →方外之人 (fāng wài zhī rén) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a person who is detached from worldly affairs and conventional society”.
方外之人 is pronounced fāng wài zhī rén in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 方外之人 means “person beyond the mundane world”. It is used to mean “a person who is detached from worldly affairs and conventional society”.
方外:世外。原指言行超脱于世俗礼教之外的人。后指僧道。