浮云朝露 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• floating clouds, morning dew ; fig. ephemeral nature of human existence

Character by character

• 浮fúto drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; r
• 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
• 朝zhāoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
• 露lùdew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show

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
• 浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái
• 轻浪浮薄 qīng làng fú bó
• 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
• 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
• 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní
• 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
• 吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù

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