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萍蹤

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Mandarin · pinyin píng zōng

(literary) the unsettled whereabouts of a wanderer

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萍: píng · duckweed; wandering, traveling
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踪: zōng · footprints, traces, tracks

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2–1 · ping2 zong1

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noun

(formal) tracks or whereabouts of a wanderer

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