浮家泛宅 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to live on a boat
• to drift from place to place

Character by character

• 浮fúto drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; r
• 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
• 泛fànto drift, to float; broad, vast; careless, reckles
• 宅zháiresidence, dwelling, home; grave

Idioms sharing a character

• 人浮于事 rén fú yú shì
• 浮光掠影 fú guāng lüè yǐng
• 浮出水面 fú chū shuǐ miàn
• 浮云朝露 fú yún zhāo lù
• 轻浪浮薄 qīng làng fú bó
• 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
• 人给家足 rén jǐ jiā zú
• 保家卫国 bǎo jiā wèi guó
• 倾家荡产 qīng jiā dàng chǎn
• 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì

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