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离乡背井
lí​xiāng​bèi​jǐng

to leave one's home

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 离 離 lí verb
    to leave
    to leave; to depart; to part from one another
  2. 乡 鄉 xiāng noun
    home
    (bound form) native place; home village or town; birthplace
  3. 背 bèi verb
    to turn away from
    to turn one's back; to move away from; to leave or desert
  4. 井 jǐng
    hometown
    (bound form) one's hometown or a populated area; a village or marketplace