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to float

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Pinyin

piao1 piāo

Meaning


Primary

to float

Alternatives

float, floats, floating, floated, drift

Mnemonic


[pi-] Pinocchio is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn where he is kneeling in front of an 示 altar next to a 覀 cowboy praying to becomes a real boy. Suddenly the 覀 cowboy gets up and 氵 sprays the bottom of the 示 altar with milk, and it slowly begins 漂 to float away from Pinocchio.

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