離鄉背井
lí​xiāng​bèi​jǐng

to leave one's home

  • created reference approved 离乡背井/離鄉背井 → 背井离乡/背井離鄉 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    离乡背井 / 離鄉背井 lí​xiāng​bèi​jǐng

    背井离乡 / 背井離鄉 bèi​jǐng​lí​xiāng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 离乡背井/離鄉背井 · lí​xiāng​bèi​jǐng · to leave one's home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    离乡背井 / 離鄉背井

    lí​xiāng​bèi​jǐng

    to leave one's home

    to leave one's hometown or native place, often to live in a distant land or to flee hardship

    离 (literal) → 离/離 · lí · to leave 乡 (literal) → 乡/鄉 · xiāng · home 背 (literal) → 背 · bèi · to turn away from 井 (literal) → 井 · jǐng · hometown

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

    created sense