颠沛流离 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• homeless and miserable ; to wander about in a desperate plight
• to drift

Character by character

• 颠diānpeak, summit, top; to upset
• 沛pèiabundant, copious, full
• 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 离lírare beast; strange; elegant

Idioms sharing a character

• 流离颠沛 liú lí diān pèi
• 神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo
• 颠倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi
• 颠倒黑白 diān dǎo hēi bái
• 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
• 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán
• 同流合污 tóng liú hé wū
• 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
• 屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú
• 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī

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