琴剑飘零
qín​jiàn​piāo​líng

to wander aimlessly

  • created sense approved 琴剑飘零/琴劍飄零 · qín​jiàn​piāo​líng · to wander aimlessly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    琴剑飘零 / 琴劍飄零

    qín​jiàn​piāo​líng

    to wander aimlessly

    (idiom) describes a scholar or intellectual wandering from place to place without a steady job; to be in reduced circumstances while traveling

    琴剑 (literal) → 琴剑/琴劍 · qín​jiàn · qin and sword 飘零 (literal) → 飘零/飄零 · piāo​líng · to drift

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense