Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「四海飄零」.
Here’s the idiom 「四海飄零」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Four Seas: refers to all parts of the country. Drifting: a metaphor for suffering misfortune, losing support, and living an unstable life. It means wandering around and having no place to live.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sì hǎi piāo líng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sei3 hoi2 piu1 ling4
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
