foreign land; place away from home
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
a place other than one's hometown; a foreign land (often implying distance from home)
Often used in literary expressions and set phrases, particularly '他乡遇故知' (meeting an old friend in a distant land), which is considered one of the great joys in life.
liú流
luò落
tā他
xiāng乡
to be stranded in a foreign land
tā他
xiāng乡
yù遇
gù故
zhī知
shì是
rén人
shēng生
yī一
dà大
lè乐
shì事
。
Meeting an old friend in a distant land is one of life's great joys.
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shēn身
chǔ处
tā他
xiāng乡
，
měi每
féng逢
jiā佳
jié节
bèi倍
sī思
qīn亲
。
When one is in a foreign land, one misses one's family even more during festivals.
tā他
yuǎn远
zǒu走
tā他
xiāng乡
，
xún寻
zhǎo找
xīn新
de的
shēng生
huó活
。
He went far away to a foreign land to look for a new life.