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Home / Idiom / 颠沛流离

homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight · to drift

颠沛流离
diān pèi liú lí
d+iān·1st tonep+èi·4th tonel+iú·2nd tonel+í·2nd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about · displaced流离失所liú lí shī suǒto drift about · to wander · to roam · nomadic · homeless · unsettled (e.g. population) · vagrant流浪liú làngalmost all (nine-tenths) houses were empty after the raid · nine houses out of ten are deserted a scene of desolation after a plague or war when the population is decimated · nine out of ten houses are stripped bare十室九空shí shì jiǔ kōngto roam far and wide · to drift with the wind浪迹江湖làng jì jiāng húvagrant (life) · migratory life of a refugee流离转徙liú lí zhuǎn xǐto leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)离乡背井lí xiāng bèi jǐng
Antonyms
stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off安家立业ān jiā lì yèto make one's home in a place · to settle安家落户ān jiā luò hù
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