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飄忽不定
简 飘忽不定 · 繁 飄忽不定Mandarin · pinyin piāo hū bù dìng
Meanings
- to drift without a resting place (idiom)
- roving
- errant
- vagrant
- erratic
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1–1–4–4 · piao1 hu1 bu4 ding4
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piu1 fat1 bat1 ding6
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be unsteady in motion; to drift from place to place; to be erratic
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