piāo piāo rán

Traditional: 飄飄然

飘飘然 (piāo piāo rán) is a Chinese word meaning “elated; light and airy feeling (after a few drinks); smug and conceited”.

Meanings

  1. 1elated
  2. 2light and airy feeling (after a few drinks)
  3. 3smug and conceited
  4. 4complacent

Characters in 飘飘然

飘piāo · to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft飘piāo · to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft然rán · correct

Related words

然后then; after that; afterwards当然only natural虽然although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)突然sudden; abrupt; unexpected显然clearly; evidently; obviously仍然still; as before; yet居然unexpectedly既然since; as; this being the case不然not so自然nature竟然unexpectedly然而however; but; yet

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