floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
trad. 琴劍飄零
Also written 琴劍飄零【qín jiàn piāo líng】
Characters in this word
4琴
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guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither), musical instrument in general
- Pinyin
- qín
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 8845 of 2500
剑
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double-edged sword, CL:口[kou3],把[ba3], classifier for blows of a sword
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 劍
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2582 of 2500
飘
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variant of 飄|飘[piao1]
- Pinyin
- piāo
- Traditional
- 飃
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 14482 of 2500
零
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zero, nought, zero sign, fractional, fragmentary, odd (of numbers), (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one), fraction, (in mathematics) remainder (after division), extra, to wither and fall, to wither
- Pinyin
- líng
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 4058 of 2500