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浪跡天涯

简浪迹天涯 · 繁浪跡天涯

Mandarin · pinyin làng jì tiān yá

to roam far and wide (idiom)
to travel the world

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浪: làng · wave; wasteful, reckless
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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
涯: yá · shore, bank, water's edge
迹: jì · traces, impressions, footprints

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4–4–1–2 · lang4 ji4 tian1 ya2

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long6 zik1 tin1 ngaai4

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