漂浮 (piāo fú) — to float, to drift (on water or in air); (figurative) to drift aimlessly; to be superficial and unreliable
Definition
Both 漂浮 and 浮 mean 'to float,' but 漂浮 is the more literary, written-form word — often paired with 漂泊 to describe drifting in life. For the figurative sense of being unreliable or shallow, pair it with 肤浅 (adjective).
verb
to floatto drift (on water or in air)(figurative) to drift aimlesslyto be superficial and unreliable
Examples
- 漂浮。Xiǎo chuán zài hú miàn shàng qīng qīng piāo fú.The small boat gently floats on the lake surface.
- 漂浮，。Tā bì yè hòu yì zhí piāo fú, méi yǒu zhǎo dào fāng xiàng.After graduation, he has been drifting without finding a direction.
- 漂浮，。Zhè ge rén de zuò fēng tài piāo fú, dà jiā dōu bú xìn rèn tā.This person's style is too superficial; everyone distrusts him.
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