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旁若无人

páng ruò wú réndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-70b27c3182816866. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

旁若無人 旁若无人 [pang2 ruo4 wu2 ren2] /to act as though there were nobody else present/unselfconscious/fig. without regard for others/

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Other forms in these source records: 旁若無人

  • 旁
    páng

    one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dāo], 亻[rén] etc)

  • 若
    rě

    used in 般若[bō rě] / used in 蘭若|兰若[lán rě]

    ruò

    to seem / like / as / if

  • 无
    mó

    used in 南無|南无[nā mó]

    wú

    not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

  • 人

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.