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浮萍
fúpíng
Description
浮萍是一种很小的水生植物，它漂在水面上，没有根扎进泥里。
浮萍 is a very small aquatic plant that floats on the water surface without roots in the mud.
人们也常用"浮萍"来比喻生活没有定所、四处漂泊的人。
People often use "浮萍" metaphorically to describe people who have no fixed home and drift around.
Meanings
浮萍fúpíng
duckweed; a small floating water plant
池塘上浮着一层绿色的浮萍。
A layer of green duckweed floats on the pond.
浮萍fúpíng
figuratively, a drifting, rootless person or life
他觉得自己像浮萍一样，到处漂泊。
He feels like duckweed, drifting everywhere.
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Notes
- Etymology
浮 (float) + 萍 (duckweed), literally "floating duckweed."
- Nuance
The figurative sense stresses instability and having no fixed home or roots.
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