the broken stem of a floating duckweed -- wandering about
Duan Ji Piaoping, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du à ng à ngpi à op í ng, which means to describe wandering. It's from the book of Yu He Ji Zhu FA.
The origin of Idioms
Mei Dingzuo of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the book of Yu He Ji Zhu FA: "if you want to go back to the sea, there is no time for a real estate ship. The dream and the wind will meet. It's like who can tie the broken skeleton and the floating Ping."
Idiom usage
As an object or attributive, it refers to the unfixed life.
Chinese PinYin : duàn gěng piāo píng
the broken stem of a floating duckweed -- wandering about
Drink the gall and taste the blood. yǐn dǎn cháng xuè
go into boiling water and walk through fire and water. lǚ tāng dǎo huǒ
be overwhelmed by an unexpected favour. shòu chǒng ruò jīng
Plenty of food and plenty of grass. liáng duō cǎo guǎng
the vicissitudes of official life. huàn hǎi fú chén