4 characters Idiom and proverb 29 617

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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「飄泊無定」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Piao: drift with the water; Bo: stay, reside temporarily. It is a metaphor for running around and leading an unstable life.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

piāo bó wú dìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

piu1 bok6 mou4 ding6

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