乡绅 (鄉紳)
xiāng shēn
Pinyin

Definition

乡绅 (鄉紳)
 - 
xiāng shēn
  1. a scholar or government official living in one's village
  2. a village gentleman
  3. squire

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 classifier: 个 gè
故乡
gù xiāng
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 homeland
  3. 3 native place
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
水乡
shuǐ xiāng
  1. 1 patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu
异乡
yì xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 a place far from home

Idioms (6)

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
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
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)