sì​hǎi​wéi​jiā

to feel at home anywhere

  • created sense approved 四海为家/四海為家 · sì​hǎi​wéi​jiā · to feel at home anywhere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    四海为家 / 四海為家

    sì​hǎi​wéi​jiā

    to feel at home anywhere

    to be able to settle down and feel at ease wherever one goes

    四海 (literal) → 四海 · sì​hǎi · the whole world 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 四海为家/四海為家 · sì​hǎi​wéi​jiā · to rule the whole country — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    四海为家 / 四海為家

    sì​hǎi​wéi​jiā

    to rule the whole country

    (literary) to consider the entire country or world as one's own, originally describing the vast power of an emperor ruling over a unified territory

    四海 (literal) → 四海 · sì​hǎi · the whole world 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 四海为家/四海為家 · sì​hǎi​wéi​jiā · to lead a wandering life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    四海为家 / 四海為家

    sì​hǎi​wéi​jiā

    to lead a wandering life

    to roam about without a fixed residence; to live a nomadic or displaced existence

    四海 (literal) → 四海 · sì​hǎi · the whole world 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home

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

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