wanderer; sojourner; traveller away from home
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
person living away from home; sojourner; wanderer; exile
literaryA literary term often used to describe someone who has left their homeland and lives abroad or in a distant place. Commonly appears in phrases like 海外游子 (overseas Chinese).
Cí慈
mǔ母
shǒu手
zhōng中
xiàn线
，
yóu游
zǐ子
shēn身
shàng上
yī衣
。
The thread in the hand of a loving mother, the clothes on the body of her wandering son.
Tā他
shì是
yī一
wèi位
hǎi海
wài外
yóu游
zǐ子
，
duō多
nián年
wèi未
céng曾
huí回
guó国
。
He is an overseas wanderer who has not returned to his country for many years.
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Yóu游
zǐ子
sī思
xiāng乡
，
míng明
yuè月
qiān千
lǐ里
jì寄
xiāng相
sī思
。
The wanderer longs for home, sending his longing a thousand miles via the bright moon.