流离失所 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• destitute and homeless ; forced from one's home and wandering about
• displaced

Character by character

• 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 离lírare beast; strange; elegant
• 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc

Idioms sharing a character

• 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
• 从善如流 cóng shàn rú liú
• 从谏如流 cóng jiàn rú liú
• 投鞭断流 tóu biān duàn liú
• 星流霆击 xīng liú tíng jī

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