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琴剑飘零

qín jiàn piāo líng

4-character word Traditional 琴劍飄零

What 琴剑飘零 means

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

The characters in 琴剑飘零

• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 零língzero; nought; zero sign

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