乡贯
xiāng guàn
Pinyin

Definition

乡贯
 - 
xiāng guàn
  1. one's native place
  2. place of ancestry
  3. registered birthplace

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

他乡
tā xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 away from one's native place
家乡
jiā xiāng
  1. 1 hometown
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
故乡
gù xiāng
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 homeland
  3. 3 native place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
水乡
shuǐ xiāng
  1. 1 patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu
  2. 2 same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡[Jiāng nán shuǐ xiāng]
异乡
yì xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 a place far from home
老乡
lǎo xiāng
  1. 1 fellow townsman
  2. 2 fellow villager
  3. 3 sb from the same hometown
返乡
fǎn xiāng
  1. 1 to return to one's home town
乡
xiāng
  1. 1 country or countryside
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 home village or town
  4. 4 township (PRC administrative unit)
乡下
xiāng xia
  1. 1 countryside
  2. 2 rural area
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
乡村
xiāng cūn
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 village
  3. 3 countryside
乡里
xiāng lǐ
  1. 1 one's home town or village
一贯
yī guàn
  1. 1 consistent
  2. 2 constant
  3. 3 from start to finish
  4. 4 all along
  5. 5 persistent
下乡
xià xiāng
  1. 1 to go to the countryside
入乡随俗
rù xiāng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
全神贯注
quán shén guàn zhù
  1. 1 to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
  2. 2 with rapt attention
同乡
tóng xiāng
  1. 1 person from the same village, town, or province
城乡
chéng xiāng
  1. 1 city and countryside
梦乡
mèng xiāng
  1. 1 the land of dreams
  2. 2 slumberland
大满贯
dà mǎn guàn
  1. 1 grand slam
如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr
  1. 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)

Idioms (9)

他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
入乡随俗
rù xiāng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
全神贯注
quán shén guàn zhù
  1. 1 to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
  2. 2 with rapt attention
如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr
  1. 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
恶贯满盈
è guàn mǎn yíng
  1. 1 lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil
  2. 2 replete with vice
  3. 3 guilty of monstrous crimes
异国他乡
yì guó tā xiāng
  1. 1 foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
背井离乡
bèi jǐng lí xiāng
  1. 1 to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded
衣锦还乡
yì jǐn huán xiāng
  1. 1 to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory

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