to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
trad. 離鄉背井
Also written 離鄉背井【lí xiāng bèi jǐng】
Characters in this word
4离
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mythical beast (archaic)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 948 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
背
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variant of 背[bei1]
- Pinyin
- bēi
- Traditional
- 揹
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2692 of 2500
井
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Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy, surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jǐng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 11654 of 2500