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流浪

Mandarin · pinyin liú làng

Meanings

  1. to drift about
  2. to wander
  3. to roam
  4. nomadic
  5. homeless
  6. unsettled (e.g. population)
  7. vagrant
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流
liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
浪
làng · wave; wasteful, reckless
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2–4 · liu2 lang4

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lau4 long6

Cantonese word readings for 流浪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. to lead a vagrant life; to wander the streets

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