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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: 「浪跡天下」.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「浪跡天下」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Wander: wander around. Wandering everywhere, with footprints all over the world.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

làng jì tiān xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

long6 jik1 tin1 ha6

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.