沉浮 chén fú

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. sinking and floating
  2. to bob up and down on water
  3. ebb and flow
  4. fig. rise and fall
  5. ups and downs of fortune
  6. vicissitudes

CHARACTERS

沉 chén
HSK 5
sink, submerge; addicted to
浮 fú
HSK 6
to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous