Chinese symbol for “displaced”

流离失所

liú lí shī suǒ

Traditional: 流離失所

destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced

The closest CC-CEDICT match for displaced is 流离失所 (liú lí shī suǒ), defined as: destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced.

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Characters and stroke order

流 liú

to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

离 lí

rare beast; strange; elegant

radical 114 ⽱ · 11 strokes

失 shī

to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

所 suǒ

place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause

radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

離 lí

Related words

Other words that share a character with 流离失所.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
交流	jiāo liú	to exchange; exchange
流行	liú xíng	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流	zhǔ liú	main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流动 (流動)	liú dòng	to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流量	liú liàng	flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge
流通	liú tōng	to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
离开 (離開)	lí kāi	to depart; to leave
距离 (距離)	jù lí	distance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from
失去	shī qù	to lose
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result

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