安土重迁
ān tǔ zhòng qiān
Pinyin

Definition

安土重迁
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ān tǔ zhòng qiān
  1. to hate to leave a place where one has lived long
  2. to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
安全
ān quán
  1. 1 safe
  2. 2 secure
  3. 3 safety
  4. 4 security
安慰
ān wèi
  1. 1 to comfort
  2. 2 to console
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
安排
ān pái
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to plan
  3. 3 to set up
  4. 4 arrangements
  5. 5 plans
安静
ān jìng
  1. 1 quiet
  2. 2 peaceful
  3. 3 calm
平安
píng ān
  1. 1 safe and sound
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 without mishap
  4. 4 quiet and safe
  5. 5 at peace
早安
zǎo ān
  1. 1 Good morning!
晚安
wǎn ān
  1. 1 Good night!
  2. 2 Good evening!
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
不安
bù ān
  1. 1 unpeaceful
  2. 2 unstable
  3. 3 uneasy
  4. 4 disturbed
  5. 5 restless
  6. 6 worried
二重奏
èr chóng zòu
  1. 1 duet (in music)
保安
bǎo ān
  1. 1 to ensure public security
  2. 2 to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production)
  3. 3 public security
  4. 4 security guard
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself
公安
gōng ān
  1. 1 (Ministry of) Public Security
  2. 2 public safety
  3. 3 public security
公安局
gōng ān jú
  1. 1 public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
公安部
Gōng ān bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Public Security
加重
jiā zhòng
  1. 1 to make heavier
  2. 2 to emphasize
  3. 3 (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. 4 to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. 5 to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
午安
wǔ ān
  1. 1 Good afternoon!
  2. 2 Hello (daytime greeting)

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety

Sample Sentences

这和中国自古是农耕社会，人们安土重迁有很大的关系吧。
zhè hé Zhōngguó zì gǔ shì nónggēng shèhuì ，rénmen āntǔzhòngqiān yǒu hěndà de guānxi ba 。
This has a lot to do with China being an agricultural society from ancient times and the people's attachment to a particular place.
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