Definition
异乡 means a place that is not your hometown, usually implying you are far from home and may feel like a stranger. It carries a poetic or melancholic tone, often used in literature or emotional contexts to emphasize solitude or homesickness. You can use it to refer to any location away from where you grew up, especially when you feel a sense of displacement.
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a place away from one's hometowna foreign land (often with a sense of being a stranger)
Examples
- 异乡。Tā yí ge rén zài yì xiāng dǎpīn le shí nián.He has been striving alone in a foreign land for ten years.
- 异乡，。Shēn zài yì xiāng, měi féng jiājié bèi sī qīn.Far away from home, I miss my family even more during festivals.
- 异乡。Tā zhōngyú jiéshù le zài yì xiāng de piāobó shēnghuó.She finally ended her wandering life in a foreign land.
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