diān pèi liú lí

Traditional: 顛沛流離

颠沛流离 (diān pèi liú lí) is a Chinese word meaning “homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift”.

Meanings

  1. 1homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight
  2. 2to drift

Characters in 颠沛流离

颠diān · top (of the head)沛pèi · copious流liú · to flow离chī · mythical beast (archaic)

Related words

离开to depart; to leave离mythical beast (archaic)离to leave离surname Li离婚to divorce流to flow距离distance远离to be far from交流to exchange流血to bleed流行(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate流氓rogue

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