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浮沉

fú chén

2-character word

What 浮沉 means

1. ups and downs (of life etc)
2. to drift along
3. to sink and emerge

The characters in 浮沉

• 浮fúto float; superficial; floating
• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink

Sounds the same

Read fú chén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 浮尘dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface)…
• 拂尘horsetail whisk; duster

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