异乡 (異鄉)
yì xiāng
Pinyin

Definition

异乡 (異鄉)
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yì xiāng
  1. foreign land
  2. a place far from home

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

他乡
tā xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 away from one's native place
奇异
qí yì
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 bizarre
  3. 3 odd
  4. 4 exotic
  5. 5 astonished
家乡
jiā xiāng
  1. 1 hometown
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
差异
chā yì
  1. 1 difference
  2. 2 discrepancy
故乡
gù xiāng
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 homeland
  3. 3 native place
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

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
同床异梦
tóng chuáng yì mèng
  1. 1 lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
  2. 2 strange bedfellows
  3. 3 marital dissension
因人而异
yīn rén ér yì
  1. 1 varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)

Sample Sentences

浪漫个头啦，每年过年都让我特别想家，异乡游子很可怜的好不好。
làngmàn gètóu la ，měinián guònián dōu ràng wǒ tèbié xiǎngjiā ，yìxiāng yóuzi hěn kělián de hǎo bù hǎo 。
Romantic my foot! Every Chinese New Year makes me really long for home, it's really hard to be a traveler in another country, no?
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