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比喻起落或盛衰消长：与世～。宦海～。

沉浮，比喻盛衰、消长，也指随波逐流。见曹松《岳阳晚泊》诗：“白波争起倒，青屿或沉浮。”

vicissitudes; ups and downs of fortune; fig. rise and fall; lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow