flutter; drift; wander
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to flutter; to drift; to wave
neutralDescribes things like flags, clothes, or intangible things like sounds floating on the wind.
Hóng红
qí旗
zài在
kōng空
zhōng中
yíng迎
fēng风
piāo飘
dàng荡
。
The red flag fluttered in the wind.
Xiào校
yuán园
lǐ里
piāo飘
dàng荡
zhe着
yōu悠
yáng扬
de的
gē歌
shēng声
。
The melodious singing drifted across the campus.
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Hú湖
miàn面
shàng上
piāo飘
dàng荡
zhe着
yī一
sōu艘
xiǎo小
chuán船
。
A small boat drifted on the lake surface.
verb
to wander; to drift; to lead a vagrant life
literaryOften describes a life without a fixed home, filled with hardship and uncertainty.
Zhàn战
zhēng争
shí时
qī期
，
tā他
qì弃
jiā家
bì避
nàn难
，
sì四
chù处
piāo飘
dàng荡
。
During the war, he abandoned his home to seek refuge and wandered from place to place.
Tā他
de的
hòu后
bàn半
shēng生
yī一
zhí直
zài在
yì异
guó国
tā他
xiāng乡
piāo飘
dàng荡
。
He spent the latter half of his life drifting in foreign lands.
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Yī一
kē颗
piāo飘
dàng荡
de的
xīn心
líng灵
zhōng终
yú于
zhǎo找
dào到
le了
guī归
sù宿
。
A drifting soul finally found a home.