Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「斷梗飄蓬」 below.
Here’s the idiom 「斷梗飄蓬」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Stem: the branch and stem of a plant; Weed: Weed, which is often broken off from its roots by wind and keeps spinning around. Like broken branches and flying weeds. Describes a person who moves around a lot and has an unstable life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
duàn gěng piāo péng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tyun5 gang2 piu1 pung4
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