人生地不熟
rén​shēng​dì​bù​shú

to be a stranger in a strange place

  • created sense approved 人生地不熟 · rén​shēng​dì​bù​shú · to be a stranger in a strange place — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人生地不熟

    rén​shēng​dì​bù​shú

    to be a stranger in a strange place

    To be unfamiliar with both the people and the environment in a new place; describes being a stranger in a strange land without friends or connections.

    rén​shēng​dì​bù​shóu

    人生 (literal) → 人生 · rén​shēng · human life 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · place 不熟 (literal) → 不熟 · bù​shú · unfamiliar

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense