流离

流離
liúlí
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to wander homeless
  2. 2 to be driven from home (by war or famine)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhànluàn niándài, wúshù bǎixìng liúlí sìfāng.
In times of war, countless ordinary people were scattered far from home.
HSK 7-9
Tā tóngnián shí suí jiārén sìchù liúlí, zhídào shí suì cái āndìng xiàlai.
As a child he drifted from place to place with his family, and only settled down at ten.

Tips

mistakes
Mostly in two idioms: 流离失所 (driven from home with nowhere to live) and 颠沛流离 (tossed about and homeless). Do not confuse it with 琉璃 (coloured glaze), which sounds almost the same.

Stroke Order

流 liú
离 lí