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漂泊

piāobó ㄆㄧㄠ ㄅㄛˊ

    • to float to drift to lie at anchor

      of a boat

    • to roam to lead a wandering existence

      fig.

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Synonyms and antonyms

to float

Synonyms 近义词

  • 漂流 piāoliú
    • 漂流瓶 drift bottle
    • 长江漂流 to drift down the Yangtze

Antonyms 反义词

to roam

Synonyms 近义词

  • 浪迹 làngjì
    • 浪迹天涯 to roam the ends of the earth
    • 浪迹江湖 to wander the world

Antonyms 反义词

  • 安居 ānjū
    • 安居乐业 to live and work in peace
    • 安居闲适 to live in comfortable peace
  • 定居 dìngjū
    • 定居国外 to settle abroad
    • 在北京定居 to settle in Beijing

Telling them apart

漂泊 stresses an unsettled life, staying wherever one ends up. 浪迹 stresses leaving footprints while moving from place to place, and is literary.

Example sentences and grammar articles using 漂泊

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