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浮家泛宅

fú jiā fàn zháidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to live on a boat / to drift from place to place (idiom)
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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.

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Original source entry:

浮家泛宅 浮家泛宅 [fu2 jia1 fan4 zhai2] /lit. to live on a boat/to drift from place to place (idiom)/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 浮
    fú

    to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 泛
    fàn

    (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)

  • 宅
    zhái

    residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.