逐水草而居
zhú​shuǐ​cǎo'ér​jū

to live a nomadic life

  • created sense approved 逐水草而居 · zhú​shuǐ​cǎo'ér​jū · to live a nomadic life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    逐水草而居

    zhú​shuǐ​cǎo'ér​jū

    to live a nomadic life

    to move from place to place in search of water and grass; describes the traditional nomadic lifestyle of moving livestock to new pastures once current resources are exhausted

    逐 (literal) → 逐 · zhú · to pursue 水草 (literal) → 水草 · shuǐ​cǎo · water and grass 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to reside

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

    created sense