颠沛流离 meaning in English
(生活艰难, 四处流浪) wander [drift] from place to place, enduring many hardships; be a vagabond, not by choice but by necessity; be put to one's shift, away from home; be vagrant on account of poverty; in difficulty and distress; lead a homeless life; lead a vagrant life; wander about in a desperate plight [in distress]: 在旧社会, 残酷的剥削和连年不断的军阀混战, 使劳动人民过着颠沛流离的生活。 in the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and succesive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a vagrant life
Examples
- The american west may have accommodated thousands of rugged individuals spread over the vast frontier .
美国西部可能已经收容了遍布广阔边疆上数以千计的颠沛流离者。 - In the old society , owing to cruel exploitation and succesive years of tangled warfare among warloads , the labouring people led a vagrant life .
在旧社会，残酷的剥削和连年不断的军阀混战，使劳动人民过着颠沛流离的生活。 - He finally settled down after many years of moving around
多年颠沛流离以后他终于定居下来了。 - Village 12 , nie has a mirror in wanzhou , enshi , and other places of work
他一生颠沛流离，饱尝生活的艰辛。 - When one is traveling on an alien land , he will miss his home badly
在颠沛流离的日子里，人就会格外的想家。