和尚打傘——無法無天

See also: 和尚打伞——无法无天

Chinese

	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk	to use or to open an umbrella		no respect for law and order; unruly
trad. (和尚打傘——無法無天)	和尚	打傘	——	無法無天
simp. (和尚打伞——无法无天)	和尚	打伞	——	无法无天
alternative forms	和尚打傘——無髮無天／和尚打伞——无发无天

Literally: (like a) monk holding up an umbrella ― no (respect for) law^{[notes 1]} and order.^{[notes 2]} A Chinese pun for lawless and hairless.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héshàng dǎ sǎn, wúfǎwútiān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄢˇ , ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ soeng^6-2 daa² saan³, mou⁴ faat³ mou⁴ tin¹

和尚打傘——無法無天

Dialectal synonyms of 和尚打傘——無法無天 (“(xiehouyu) monk holding up an umbrella – no respect for law and order”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		和尚打傘——無法無天
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	和尚打傘——無法無天
Cantonese	Guangzhou	和尚擔遮——無法無天
Cantonese	Hong Kong	和尚擔遮——無法無天

^ Buddhist monks are bald. In other words, they have no hair. The Mandarin pronunciation for "hair" is fǎ (髮 as in 頭髮), which is homophonous with the word for "law" (法 as in 法紀). Therefore, wúfǎ is a play on words; it can mean either 無髮 ("no hair") or 無法 ("no law"). The Cantonese pronunciation for 無髮 and 無法 are also the same.
^ An umbrella blocks the sky. The Mandarin word for "sky" (tiān, 天) is also used in the compound for "heavenly justice" (tiānlǐ, 天理). Therefore, wútiān (無天, "no sky") reminds one of the phrase wú tiānlǐ (無天理, "no justice").