恣意

zìyì
adverb #31,438

Meanings

  1. 1 unrestrained; without restraint
  2. 2 willfully; wantonly
  3. 3 recklessly

Examples

HSK 6
Háizi men zài cǎodì shàng zìyì bēnpǎo.
The children ran freely across the grass.
HSK 7-9
Tā zìyì huīhuò fùmǔ de qián.
He squandered his parents' money without restraint.

Tips

register
Literary register, often pejorative - 恣意妄为 'do as one pleases without regard for others' is a fixed phrase. The 'heart' radical in hints at 'following one's heart (heedlessly).' In positive contexts (children playing, artists creating) it shades into 'freely / unbridled.'

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