Definitions
- 1. to float
- 2. to hover
- 3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
- 4. to rove
- 5. showy
- 6. superficial
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Common mistakes
漂浮 is often misused to mean 'to drift' in a mental sense (走神); use 走神 or 心不在焉 instead. 漂浮 only refers to physical floating or figurative wandering life.
Cultural notes
In Chinese literature, 漂浮 often evokes a sense of rootlessness or aimlessness in life, as in 漂泊异乡 (wandering in a foreign land).
Example Sentences
1 shown树叶在水面上 漂浮 着。
The leaves are floating on the water surface.
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