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floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
faintly discernible; indistinct; misty
to go abroad
elated / light and airy feeling (after a few drinks) / smug and conceited / complacent
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飄* | 飄* | *飄
to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly
HSK 7-9
suave / graceful / fluent and elegant (calligraphy)
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
streamer / pennant
light as a feather
light and airy / floating
to waft (through the air); to drift
to float in the air / swiftly / nimbly / easy and relaxed
to float in the wind / by ext., to lead a wandering life
to flutter
to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
to wave / to flutter / to fly
to drift
to float in the air
piña colada
Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖
to float / to hover / also written 漂浮
to drift lightly
to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost
(of a fragrance) to waft about / (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well
floating in the wind / swaying / tottering / unstable
to dance / to float in the wind
to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
graceful / elegant / to drift / to float
lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential
to float / to drift
to snow
to fall and wither (like autumn leaves) / (fig.) drifting and homeless
to feel shaky; to feel wobbly
to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind
floating dust / atmospheric particles
swiftly moving / fleet / to sway
(coll.) ghost (Tw)
to flutter in the wind
to drift without a resting place (idiom) / roving / errant / vagrant / erratic
variant of 飄搖|飘摇
whirlwind / stormy wind
variant of 漂泊
variant of 飄渺|飘渺
variant of 漂洋
variant of 漂流


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