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The character 萍, representing duckweed, is a semantic-phonetic compound where the water radical (氵) denotes its aquatic nature while the component 平 provides both sound and a sense of levelness or floating on a calm surface. Its core meaning has consistently referred to the small, free-floating plant, but this inherent notion of something rootless and adrift on water naturally extended to metaphorical use, giving rise to terms describing transient encounters or fleeting, unattached existences. While its graphical form has remained stable, the conceptual association from a specific plant to a symbol for ephemerality demonstrates how its application in language broadened over time.
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小萍喜欢唱歌。
小萍每天去学校。
湖面上有浮萍。
浮萍随风飘动。
水中的浮萍很绿。
小萍在公园里看到了浮萍。
昨天小萍在河边散步时发现了浮萍。
如果小萍有时间，她会去观察浮萍。