pretty; beautiful; good-looking

to float, drift, or hover on the surface of a liquid

the sport of riding a small boat or rubber raft down a fast-moving river; running rapids

to float or drift on the water; to lie at anchor

To float and move along with a current of water or air; to move naturally and steadily along a path.

to remove color from fibers, cloth, or paper using chemical agents to make them white; to whiten

a chemical agent used for whitening or removing color from materials such as fabric or paper

beautiful; pretty; handsome

to rinse or wash textiles in clean water to remove soap, dirt, or impurities

To travel across the ocean to a distant foreign land; often used to describe migrating or taking a long journey far from home.

A game where flat stones or tiles are thrown at the water so that they bounce across the surface.

Fine-sounding or pleasant words that are often empty or never actually put into practice

An inorganic white powder, mainly calcium hypochlorite, used for bleaching and disinfection; it has a strong pungent odor and decomposes easily when exposed to moisture.

to bleach and dye textiles

(colloquial) indicates that a plan or hope has failed or fallen through

The gradual movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other over geological time

to drift on water or in the air; to float

A float or cork attached to a fishing line used to control the depth of the hook and signal when a fish is biting

to float; to hover or drift on the surface of water

To travel far across the ocean or overseas.

fishing float; buoy

to drift with the current and then sink or be submerged; to be lost at sea

A rock or boulder transported by a glacier and deposited on land with a different geological composition; erratic; pebble

To bleach, whiten, or blanch cloth.

a person who has been shipwrecked or stranded

floating duckweed; often used as a metaphor for a person who wanders or drifts from place to place with no fixed home

(idiom) a scene of horrific slaughter or a bloody battle; literally describes blood flowing so heavily that it can float a wooden pestle

the collective breath of many can move a mountain; used to describe how the power of a multitude is immense or how small things add up to a great force

to move to Beijing in search of better job opportunities, specifically referring to people living and working there without a local residence permit

to throw flat stones or tiles so that they skip across the surface of the water

Chinese people living and working abroad without a permanent residence or stable status; also refers to foreigners living and working in China in a similar precarious or nomadic fashion

A floating device attached to a fishing line that keeps the hook at a desired depth and signals when a fish has bitten; also called a bobber.

To float and move on the surface of water; also written as [[漂荡|漂蕩|piao1 dang4]]

to deny or go back on a debt; to refuse to acknowledge what one owes

swaying or tottering; describes a state that is unstable or unsettled

drifting sand; refers to the movement of sand, silt, or mud along a coastline or in shallow waters caused by the action of waves, currents, and tides

to drift about and fall into a wretched state; to be a pitiable person wandering far from home

to drift or float about; to travel on a boat

wood that has been washed onto a shore or is floating on a body of water

any object drifting or floating in a body of water such as a river, lake, or sea; drifter

a bottle containing a written message thrown into the sea

(variant form) vaguely visible as if through mist; ethereal; distant and indistinct

(colloquial) beautiful; a reduplicated form of [[漂亮|漂亮|piao4 liang5]] usually used by children or to sound cute

floating in the air; flitting or moving gracefully

liquid bleach used for whitening clothes or disinfecting surfaces

to wash and bleach silk floss in water; (metaphorical) to wander or drift about like catkins or silk floss in the air

falsely claim that a product or policy is environmentally friendly

to float and move on the surface of water; to drift with the waves

to float away; to drift; to be swept off by water