浪人

làngrén
noun #27,726

Meanings

  1. 1 vagrant
  2. 2 wanderer
  3. 3 rōnin (masterless samurai)

Examples

Tā cízhí hòu xiàng gè làngrén yīyàng sìchù yóudàng.
After quitting his job, he wandered around like a drifter.
Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎng de shì yīgè làngrén de gùshi.
This film tells the story of a wandering ronin.

Tips

culture
浪人 is borrowed from Japanese 浪人 (rōnin), originally meaning a samurai without a master. In Chinese it can describe any aimless wanderer or, in modern slang, someone between jobs or drifting through life.

Stroke Order

làng
rén