dàtóngxiāng

大同乡

Word · NounTraditional大同鄉

fellow townsman from same province

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

fellow townsman/person from the same province

Used to refer to someone who shares the same provincial-level hometown. '小同乡' refers to someone from the same county or city within a province. The term highlights a shared geographic and cultural origin.

Wǒ我
men们
liǎ俩
shì是
Zhè浙
jiāng江
de的
dà大
tóng同
xiāng乡
 。

We are both fellow townsmen from Zhejiang province.

Zài在
hǎi海
wài外
 ,
yù遇
dào到
yī一
gè个
dà大
tóng同
xiāng乡
huì会
gǎn感
dào到
gé格
wài外
qīn亲
qiè切
 。

When you meet a fellow person from your home province overseas, it feels especially warm and familiar.

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Wǒ我
men们
bù不
jǐn仅
shì是
xiǎo小
tóng同
xiāng乡
 ,
gèng更
qiǎo巧
de的
shì是
hái还
shì是
dà大
tóng同
xiāng乡
 。

Not only are we from the same city, but, even more coincidentally, we are from the same province.