四海为家

四海为家
sìhǎiwéijiā
The quotation out of "history of Han biographies of Emperor Gao"; originally refers to an emperor's governing of the country; (figuratively) make one's home wherever one is.
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si4 hai3 wei2 jia1
to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom), to feel at home anywhere, to roam about unconstrained, to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
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四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
feel at home wherever one goes; lead a wandering life; make one's (happy) home everywhere; make one's home wherever one is; settle down (make one's home) anywhere within the four seas; settle down in any corner of the world for a certain cause; wander about the world
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四海為家|四海为家 [sì hǎi wéi jiā] to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom) to feel at home anywhere to roam about unconstrained to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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