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飄零

简飘零 · 繁飄零

Mandarin · pinyin piāo líng

to fall and wither (like autumn leaves)
(fig.) drifting and homeless

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零: líng · zero; fragment, fraction
飘: piāo · whirlwind, cyclone; floating

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verb

to fall and wither; to fade and fall
(figurative) to wander; to drift; to be homeless; to be forsaken

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