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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「漂零蓬斷」.

The idiom 「漂零蓬斷」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Drifting and scattered like tumbleweed, blown by the wind, moving at a constant pace.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

piāo líng péng duàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

piu1 ling4 pung4 tyun5

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.