乡亲 (鄉親)
xiāng qīn
Pinyin

Definition

乡亲 (鄉親)
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xiāng qīn
  1. fellow countryman (from the same village)
  2. local people
  3. villager
  4. the folks back home

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiā xiāng
  1. 1 hometown
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
xiāng qīn
  1. 1 blind date
  2. 2 arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiàng qīn])
  3. 3 to be deeply attached to each other
qīn
  1. 1 parent
  2. 2 one's own (flesh and blood)
  3. 3 relative
  4. 4 related
  5. 5 marriage
  6. 6 bride
  7. 7 close
  8. 8 intimate
  9. 9 in person
  10. 10 first-hand
  11. 11 in favor of
  12. 12 pro-
  13. 13 to kiss
  14. 14 (Internet slang) dear

Idioms (20)

串亲访友
chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
  1. 1 to call on friends and relations (idiom)
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
任人唯亲
rèn rén wéi qīn
  1. 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
  2. 2 corrupt appointment
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
六亲不认
liù qīn bù rèn
  1. 1 not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives