闯荡

Traditional form:

闖蕩

Pinyin (reading):

chuǎngdàng

Definitions:

• to leave home to make one's way in the world
• to leave the life one knows to seek success

Characters:

• 闯 - to rush in, to charge in, to burst in
• 荡 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out

Traditional characters:

• 闖 - to rush in, to charge in, to burst in
• 蕩 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out