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游荡

yóu dàng

2-character word Traditional 遊蕩

What 游荡 means

1. to wander
2. to roam about
3. to loaf about
4. to be idle

The characters in 游荡

• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 荡dàngto wash; to squander; to sweep away

Example sentences

• 但与此同时，它却在消逝：时间无可挽回地流逝， 而我们却四处游荡，成为我们对细节的热爱的囚徒。
  But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.
• 于是那欢快的小男孩们四处游荡，/ 如此喜悦地穿越山丘与山谷，/ 蔷薇的芬芳穿过荆棘丛 / 将随温柔的夏风飘散：/ 每个清晨，大自然含笑赐予，/ 那贫苦卑微的农夫也得一份，/ 云雀从草丛中振翅而上，/ 将悠扬的音符送向天际。
  Then the merry little boys they will ramble, / So gleesome, o’er mountain and dale, / Where the sweets of the rose through the bramble / Will be blown by the mild summer gale: / Then a share of Nature’s smiles each morning / To the poor humble peasant will be given. / While the lark from his covert he is soaring, / His musical notes to the heaven.