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Open the tool →泛家浮宅 (fàn jiā fú zhái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live on a boat, drifting from place to place, without a fixed abode”.
泛家浮宅 is pronounced fàn jiā fú zhái in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 泛家浮宅 means “floating home, drifting dwelling”. It is used to mean “to live on a boat, drifting from place to place, without a fixed abode”.
泛:漂浮水上。形容以船为家,浪迹江湖