流离失所 — Chinese idiom
流离失所
liú lí shī suǒ
Traditional: 流離失所
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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