周游 (週游)
zhōu yóu
Pinyin
Definition
周游 (週游)
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- variant of 周遊|周游, to tour
- to travel around
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
优游自得
- 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
力争上游
- 1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
- 2 to have high ambitions
周游列国
- 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
- 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
故地重游
- 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
散兵游勇
- 1 lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
Sample Sentences
粗粗地读过了,不过......我周游各国,宣传我的治国思想,可那些君主都不采纳。哎!是那些君主难以说通呢,还是“道”难以说清呢?
I've skimmed through them, but...I've traveled far and wide to every nation preaching my ideology on how to run a country, but no king is willing to adopt it. Ah! Is it that the monarchs are difficult to convince or that the Dao is difficult to explain?