漂移
piāo yí
Pinyin

Definition

漂移
 - 
piāo yí
  1. to drift

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

piào liang
  1. 1 pretty
  2. 2 beautiful
yí dòng
  1. 1 to move
  2. 2 movement
  3. 3 migration
  4. 4 mobile
  5. 5 portable
jiān dìng bù yí
  1. 1 unswerving
  2. 2 unflinching
tuī yí
  1. 1 (of time) to elapse or pass
  2. 2 (of a situation) to develop or evolve
piāo
  1. 1 to float
  2. 2 to drift

Idioms (10)

愚公移山
yú gōng yí shān
  1. 1 the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. 2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
款语移时
kuǎn yǔ yí shí
  1. 1 to talk slowly and in depth (idiom)
江山易改,本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
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