bèi jǐng lí xiāng

Traditional: 背井離鄉

背井离乡 (bèi jǐng lí xiāng) is a Chinese word meaning “to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)

Characters in 背井离乡

背bēi · to carry on one's back井jǐng · a well离chī · mythical beast (archaic)乡xiāng · country or countryside

Related words

离开to depart; to leave离mythical beast (archaic)离to leave离surname Li背to carry on one's back背the back of a body or object背variant of 背[bei1]离婚to divorce背叛to betray距离distance背后behind远离to be far from

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