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飘忽不定

piāo hū bù dìngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to drift without a resting place (idiom) / roving / errant / vagrant / erratic
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-239f9f6a30af6380. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

飄忽不定 飘忽不定 [piao1 hu1 bu4 ding4] /to drift without a resting place (idiom)/roving/errant/vagrant/erratic/

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Other forms in these source records: 飄忽不定

  • 飘
    piāo

    to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly

  • 忽
    hū

    to neglect / to overlook / to ignore / suddenly

    Hū

    surname Hu

  • 不
    bù

    no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

  • 定
    dìng

    to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.