离乡背井

li2 xiang1 bei4 jing3

to live far from home (idiom), away from one's native place, to leave for a foreign land

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离乡背井

lí xiāng bèi jǐng

leave one's native place (district); be compelled to leave one's own village (home); be far away from home and wife and children; be forced to leave one's native place and go far away; desert one's home and leave the place where one used to live; flee one's home (home village) and live as a vagabond; flee one's hometown (to seek a living); go abroad from one's native place:

离乡背井， 流离失所 be forced to flee one's home as a refugee and be separated from one's family

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離鄉背井|离乡背井 [lí xiāng bèi jǐng] ► to live far from home (idiom) ► away from one's native place ► to leave for a foreign land