琴剑飘零 qín jiàn piāo líng

wandering with no stable job or home

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

Characters

Character Meaning
琴 qín HSK 4
musical instrument in general
剑 jiàn HSK 6
double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
飘 piāo HSK 5
to float; variant of 飄piāo
零 líng HSK 2
zero; fractional; fraction