流 浪

liúlàng

“To drift about” in Chinese is 流浪 (liúlàng).

Meaning

to drift about
to wander
to roam

Show 4 more meanings

nomadic
homeless
unsettled (e.g. population)
vagrant

Example

我一辈子都是个流浪者。

I'm a nomad for life.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

liúHSK 210 strokesto flow làngHSK 310 strokeswave

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