foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
trad. 異國他鄉
Also written 異國他鄉【yì guó tā xiāng】
Characters in this word
4异
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different, other, hetero-, unusual, strange, surprising, to distinguish, to separate, to discriminate
- Pinyin
- yì
- Traditional
- 異
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 25120 of 2500
国
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guó
- Traditional
- 國
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5111 of 2500
他
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(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his, (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- Pinyin
- tā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7 of 2500
乡
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country or countryside, native place, home village or town, township (PRC administrative unit)
- Pinyin
- xiāng
- Traditional
- 鄉
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15110 of 2500