drift about without any definite trace like running water or duckweed
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ě NGJ ì P í ngz ō ng, which means like broken stem and duckweed in the water. It comes from the single edition of "Jiao PA Ji · xunchun" in Ming Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; used in life
Analysis of Idioms
Near synonym: the trace is fluffy
The origin of Idioms
In the Ming Dynasty, the single edition of "Jiao PA Ji · xunchun" says, "Xiu Kuai embroiders the tiger and carves the dragon. It's a time when the country is in danger. How can we send a trace?"
Idiom explanation
Like broken stem, duckweed in the water, the trace is uncertain.
drift about without any definite trace like running water or duckweed
The day is not enough, the year is more than enough - rì jì bù zú,suì jì yǒu yú
incomplete parts of ancient scripts - cán biān duàn jiǎn
it is as far apart as the sky and an abyss - pàn ruò tiān yuān