be a restless fellow like a drifting water plant(píng zōng làng jì)

be a restless fellow like a drifting water plant

Pinyin is p í ngz à NGL à NGJ à, a Chinese idiom, which means indefinite like duckweed and waves. It's like wandering around without a fixed residence. From the 20th book of Peony Pavilion.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] wandering and wandering; antonym] setting up camp and living and working in peace and contentment

The origin of Idioms

Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty (20th edition): "hate, wave, wind cut the hibiscus."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. "Xiuru Ji" by Xu Lin of Ming Dynasty: where do you go to find Xianggong, a man like him. Yang rousheng's the fourteenth story of the jade ring in the Ming Dynasty: "there is no trace in this life." Chapter 47 of a dream of Red Mansions: "you're not at home. You know you're wandering every day. You don't have a certain place to go." Chapter 66 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: you and I have a word. But I can't believe you, second brother. If you don't come, you will miss the important events of others' life?

Chinese PinYin : píng zōng làng jì