随世沉浮 — “Float and sink with the world”
随世沉浮 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to lack firm principles and integrity, conforming to popular trends and drifting with the currents of the world; to be unprincipled and follow the crowd”. Literally, “Float and sink with the world”.
随世沉浮 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 随世沉浮 mean?
随世沉浮 (suí shì chén fú) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to lack firm principles and integrity, conforming to popular trends and drifting with the currents of the world; to be unprincipled and follow the crowd”.
How do you pronounce 随世沉浮?
随世沉浮 is pronounced suí shì chén fú in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 随世沉浮 literally mean?
Literally, 随世沉浮 means “Float and sink with the world”. It is used to mean “to lack firm principles and integrity, conforming to popular trends and drifting with the currents of the world; to be unprincipled and follow the crowd”.
What is the Chinese definition of 随世沉浮?
沉浮：在水面上出没。形容缺乏操守，随俗俯仰。亦作“与世沉浮”、“随俗浮沉”。