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Mandarin · pinyin fú yóu

to float
to drift
to wander
variant of 蜉蝣 fú yóu

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浮: fú · to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous
游: yóu · to swim; float, drift; wander, roam

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2–2 · fu2 you2

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verb

to float (in water or air); to swim
(literary) to drift about (as a vagrant); to wander around; to roam

noun

(literary) alternative form of 蜉蝣 (fúyóu, “mayfly”)

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