无拘无束

無拘無束

wújū-wúshù

idiom #18,549

Meanings

孩子们在草地上无拘无束地玩耍。

Háizi men zài cǎodì shàng wújūwúshù de wánshuǎ.

The children played freely on the grass.

她向往无拘无束的生活。

Tā xiàngwǎng wújūwúshù de shēnghuó.

She longs for a free and unconstrained life.

memory

无拘 (without restraint) + 无束 (without binding) — neither restrained nor bound, completely free.

grammar

Follows the ABAC idiom pattern (无X无Y) common in Chinese: 无忧无虑 (carefree), 无法无天 (lawless), 无边无际 (boundless).

无 wú

拘 jū

束 shù