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Open the tool →梗迹萍踪 (gěng jì píng zōng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to an unstable, wandering, or unsettled existence, like a broken stem or duckweed drifting aimlessly in water; a life without a fixed abode or definite trace”.
梗迹萍踪 is pronounced gěng jì píng zōng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 梗迹萍踪 means “Broken stems and duckweed traces”. It is used to mean “refers to an unstable, wandering, or unsettled existence, like a broken stem or duckweed drifting aimlessly in water; a life without a fixed abode or definite trace”.
像断梗、浮萍在水中一样踪迹不定。