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飄蓬

简飘蓬 · 繁飄蓬

Mandarin · pinyin piāo péng

to float in the wind
by ext., to lead a wandering life

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蓬: péng · type of raspberry; fairyland
飘: piāo · whirlwind, cyclone; floating

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1–2 · piao1 peng2

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piu1 pung4

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

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