颠沛流离

Traditional: 顛沛流離

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 颠沛流离 mean?

颠沛流离 (diān pèi liú lí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight

2to drift

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颠diāntop (of the head) · apex 沛pèicopious · abundant 流liúto flow · to disseminate 离chīmythical beast (archaic)

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