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随波逐流

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4-character word Traditional 隨波逐流

What 随波逐流 means

1. to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

The characters in 随波逐流

• 随suíto follow; to comply with; varying according to...
• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 逐zhú(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 许多人毫无目的地随波逐流。
  Xǔduō rén háowú mùdìdì suíbōzhúliú.
  Many people drift through life without a purpose.