粵

浮fau4生sang1

fau4 sang1fú shēng

English

  1. a 'floating' life (in passing – a temporary transient state)
  2. life (with a thought that life is unrealistic, changing and hard to control)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 人生;藴含人生唔實在、變幻無常而難以掌握嘅意思

Examples

  • 浮生若夢

    life is like a dream

  • 偷得浮生半日閒

    to snatch a little leisure from a changing life

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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