琴剑飘零 — Chinese idiom
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
Traditional: 琴劍飄零
Meaning
- floating between zither and sword ; fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
Character by character
- 琴qínChinese lute or guitar, string instrument
- 剑jiànsword, dagger, saber
- 飘piāoto drift, to float, to flutter
- 零língzero; fragment, fraction
Idioms sharing a character
- 一琴一鹤 yī qín yī hè
- 人琴俱亡 rén qín jù wáng
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà
- 刀光剑影 dāo guāng jiàn yǐng
- 刀枪剑戟 dāo qiāng jiàn jǐ
- 刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
- 口蜜腹剑 kǒu mì fù jiàn
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