异域 (yì yù) — foreign land; exotic or strange place away from home
Definition
A literary, formal word for a 'foreign or exotic land' — more evocative and written than everyday 外国. Often used in prose, film, and poetry to evoke strangeness or distance from home.
noun
foreign landexotic or strange place away from home
Examples
- 异域，。Tā nián qīng shí céng dào yì yù qiú xué, jiàn shi le bù tóng de wén huà.When he was young, he went to a foreign land to study and experienced a different culture.
- 异域，。Zài yì yù shēng huó duō nián hòu, tā yī rán jì de gù xiāng de wèi dào.After living in a foreign land for many years, she still remembered the taste of her hometown.
- 异域。Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng shù le yí duàn fā shēng zài yì yù de ài qíng gù shi.This movie tells a love story that takes place in a strange land.
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