浮沉
fú chén
Pinyin

Definition

浮沉
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fú chén
  1. ups and downs (of life etc)
  2. to drift along
  3. to sink and emerge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

沉淀
chén diàn
  1. 1 to settle
  2. 2 to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)
沉重
chén zhòng
  1. 1 heavy
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 critical
沉默
chén mò
  1. 1 taciturn
  2. 2 uncommunicative
  3. 3 silent
浮云
fú yún
  1. 1 floating clouds
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 transient
低沉
dī chén
  1. 1 overcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 downcast
  4. 4 deep and low (of sound)
  5. 5 muffled
悬浮
xuán fú
  1. 1 to float (in the air etc)
  2. 2 suspension
沉
chēn
  1. 1 see 黑沉沉[hēi chēn chēn]
沉寂
chén jì
  1. 1 silence
  2. 2 stillness
沉思
chén sī
  1. 1 to contemplate
  2. 2 to ponder
  3. 3 contemplation
  4. 4 meditation
沉闷
chén mèn
  1. 1 oppressive (of weather)
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 depressed
  4. 4 not happy
  5. 5 (of sound) dull
  6. 6 muffled
沉沉
chén chén
  1. 1 deeply
  2. 2 heavily
沉没
chén mò
  1. 1 to sink
沉浮
chén fú
  1. 1 lit. sinking and floating
  2. 2 to bob up and down on water
  3. 3 ebb and flow
  4. 4 fig. rise and fall
  5. 5 ups and downs of fortune
  6. 6 vicissitudes
沉浸
chén jìn
  1. 1 to soak
  2. 2 to permeate
  3. 3 to immerse
沉沦
chén lún
  1. 1 to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
  2. 2 to pass into oblivion
  3. 3 downfall
  4. 4 passing
沉溺
chén nì
  1. 1 to indulge in
  2. 2 to wallow
  3. 3 absorbed in
  4. 4 deeply engrossed
  5. 5 addicted
沉甸甸
chén diàn diàn
  1. 1 heavy
沉睡
chén shuì
  1. 1 to be fast asleep
  2. 2 (fig.) to lie dormant
  3. 3 to lie undiscovered
沉积
chén jī
  1. 1 sediment
  2. 2 deposit
  3. 3 sedimentation (geology)
沉稳
chén wěn
  1. 1 steady
  2. 2 calm
  3. 3 unflustered

Idioms (17)

人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
好酒沉瓮底
hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ
  1. 1 lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the best is saved for last
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
沉湎酒色
chén miǎn jiǔ sè
  1. 1 to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
  2. 2 an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
沉着应战
chén zhuó yìng zhàn
  1. 1 to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
  1. 1 habitually silent (idiom)
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 uncommunicative
沉默是金
chén mò shì jīn
  1. 1 Silence is golden. (idiom)
浮光掠影
fú guāng lu:è yǐng
  1. 1 flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)
  2. 2 blurred scenery
  3. 3 cursory
  4. 4 superficial
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
  1. 1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
  2. 2 to surface
  3. 3 to appear
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)
浮云朝露
fú yún zhāo lù
  1. 1 floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
石沉大海
shí chén dà hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to elicit no response
破釜沉舟
pò fǔ chén zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  2. 2 to burn one's boats
轻浪浮薄
qīng làng fú bó
  1. 1 (idiom) frivolous
雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén
  1. 1 without news from sb (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
  1. 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
  2. 2 lost in transmission

Sample Sentences

请教不敢当。我这可是久病成良医啊！我股海浮沉了大半辈子了，光是投进去的老本就够我买好几套象样的公寓了。
qǐngjiào bù gǎndāng 。wǒ zhè kě shì jiǔ ā ！wǒ gǔ hǎi fúchén le dàbànbèizi le ，guāngshì tóu jìnqù de lǎoběn jiù gòu wǒ mǎi hǎojǐ tào xiàngyàng de gōngyù le 。
I don't dare to pretend I've got anything to teach you. Anything I've learned has been due to bitter mistakes in the past! I've been speculating on the stock market for over half my life. The capital I've invested alone would be enough to buy several decent apartments.
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喝一碗孟婆汤吧，一喝便可忘了前世今生。一生的爱恨情仇、浮沉得失，都会随着这碗孟婆汤而过去。
hē yì wǎn mèngpótāng ba ，yì hē biàn kě wàng le qiánshì jīnshēng 。yìshēng de àihènqíngchóu 、fúchéndéshī ，dōuhuì suí zhe zhè wǎn mèngpótāng ér guòqù 。
Have a bowl of Mengpo soup, one taste will make you forget this incarnation. All your attachments and grudges, all the ups and downs, the gains and losses, will all pass away along with this soup.
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