烂柯人
làn​kē​rén

person who returns home to find everything changed

  • created sense approved 烂柯人/爛柯人 · làn​kē​rén · person who returns home to find everything changed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烂柯人 / 爛柯人

    làn​kē​rén

    person who returns home to find everything changed

    a person who returns to their hometown after a long time to find that generations have passed and everything is unrecognizable, based on the legend of a woodcutter who watched a game of chess between immortals

    烂柯 (literal) → 烂柯/爛柯 · làn​kē · rotten axe handle 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person of a type

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