浮游
fú yóu
Pinyin

Definition

浮游
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fú yóu
  1. to float
  2. to drift
  3. to wander
  4. variant of 蜉蝣[fú yóu]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

旅游
lu:3 yóu
  1. 1 trip
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 tourism
  4. 4 travel
  5. 5 tour
  6. 6 to travel
浮云
fú yún
  1. 1 floating clouds
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 transient
游
Yóu
  1. 1 surname You
游戏
yóu xì
  1. 1 game
  2. 2 CL:場|场[chǎng]
  3. 3 to play
上游
shàng yóu
  1. 1 upper reaches (of a river)
  2. 2 upper level
  3. 3 upper echelon
  4. 4 upstream
出游
chū yóu
  1. 1 to go on a tour
  2. 2 to have an outing
夜游
yè yóu
  1. 1 to go to some place at night
  2. 2 to take a night trip to (a place)
  3. 3 to sleepwalk
梦游
mèng yóu
  1. 1 to sleepwalk
  2. 2 to journey in a dream
导游
dǎo yóu
  1. 1 tour guide
  2. 2 guidebook
  3. 3 to conduct a tour
沉浮
chén fú
  1. 1 lit. sinking and floating
  2. 2 to bob up and down on water
  3. 3 ebb and flow
  4. 4 fig. rise and fall
  5. 5 ups and downs of fortune
  6. 6 vicissitudes
浮出
fú chū
  1. 1 to emerge
浮现
fú xiàn
  1. 1 to appear before one's eyes
  2. 2 to come into view
  3. 3 to float into appearance
  4. 4 to come back (of images from the past)
  5. 5 to emerge
  6. 6 it emerges
  7. 7 it occurs (to me that..)
浮肿
fú zhǒng
  1. 1 swollen
  2. 2 bloated
  3. 3 edema
  4. 4 dropsy
浮华
fú huá
  1. 1 ostentatious
  2. 2 pretentious
  3. 3 showy
浮夸
fú kuā
  1. 1 to exaggerate
  2. 2 to be boastful
  3. 3 pompous
  4. 4 grandiose
浮躁
fú zào
  1. 1 fickle and impatient
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 giddy
  4. 4 scatterbrained
游泳
yóu yǒng
  1. 1 swimming
  2. 2 to swim
游泳池
yóu yǒng chí
  1. 1 swimming pool
  2. 2 CL:場|场[chǎng]
漂浮
piāo fú
  1. 1 to float
  2. 2 to hover
  3. 3 to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. 4 to rove
  5. 5 showy
  6. 6 superficial
漫游
màn yóu
  1. 1 to travel around
  2. 2 to roam
  3. 3 (mobile telephony) roaming

Idioms (18)

人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu
  1. 1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
  2. 2 to have high ambitions
周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
散兵游勇
sǎn bīng yóu yǒng
  1. 1 lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
浮光掠影
fú guāng lu:è yǐng
  1. 1 flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)
  2. 2 blurred scenery
  3. 3 cursory
  4. 4 superficial
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
  1. 1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
  2. 2 to surface
  3. 3 to appear
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)
浮云朝露
fú yún zhāo lù
  1. 1 floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
  1. 1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)
游移不定
yóu yí bù dìng
  1. 1 to oscillate without pause (idiom)
  2. 2 to fluctuate
  3. 3 (of thoughts) to wander
  4. 4 to waver
狎妓冶游
xiá jì yě yóu
  1. 1 to be intimate with prostitutes and frequent brothels (idiom)
旧地重游
jiù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
轻浪浮薄
qīng làng fú bó
  1. 1 (idiom) frivolous
游刃有余
yóu rèn yǒu yú
  1. 1 handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
釜底游鱼
fǔ dǐ yóu yú
  1. 1 a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom)
  2. 2 in a desperate situation

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