无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
free and easy; unrestrained
Character by character
无wú
no
no
拘jū
restraint
restraint
无wú
no
no
束shù
bind
bind
Example
到了草原上，孩子们无拘无束地跑来跑去，玩得特别开心。
Out on the grassland the children ran about as free as birds and had a wonderful time.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
The opposite of 拘束 (lesson 2-10): no rules, no shyness, nobody watching. Used of children at play, holidays, frank talk among friends or a free style of writing: 无拘无束地 + verb, 过得无拘无束.
Learn this in Lesson 133 · HSK 7–9: 北方的澡堂子 (The northern bathhouse)
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