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suave / graceful / fluent and elegant (calligraphy)
to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
light and airy / floating
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飘* | 飘* | *飘
to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly
HSK 7-9
to drift without a resting place (idiom) / roving / errant / vagrant / erratic
streamer / pennant
to drift
to waft (through the air); to drift
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind
to wave / to flutter / to fly
to flutter
(of a fragrance) to waft about / (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well
to fall and wither (like autumn leaves) / (fig.) drifting and homeless
piña colada
faintly discernible; indistinct; misty
to feel shaky; to feel wobbly
to flutter in the wind
to float in the wind / by ext., to lead a wandering life
to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost
to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
floating in the wind / swaying / tottering / unstable
light as a feather
to float / to drift
graceful / elegant / to drift / to float
whirlwind / stormy wind
(coll.) ghost (Tw)
swiftly moving / fleet / to sway
to snow
to drift lightly
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 in the air / swiftly / nimbly / easy and relaxed
floating dust / atmospheric particles
elated / light and airy feeling (after a few drinks) / smug and conceited / complacent
to go abroad
drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
to float / to hover / also written 漂浮
to dance / to float in the wind
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
variant of 飄搖|飘摇
to float in the air
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飘* | 飘* | *飘
variant of 飄|飘
HSK 7-9
variant of 漂洋
variant of 漂流
variant of 漂泊
variant of 飄渺|飘渺


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