Definition
异域 is a literary or formal term for a foreign or distant place far from one's hometown, often carrying a sense of exoticism, strangeness, or remoteness. It's not the everyday word for 'foreign country' (that would be 外国); instead, it appears in poetry, travel writing, and historical texts, where the emotional or cultural distance is emphasized. As a place word (p.w.), it functions like a location noun — you can pair it with prepositions like 在, 到, or 从.
p.w.
foreign landexotic or strange place away from home
Examples
- 异域，。Tā niánqīng shí céng dào yì yù qiúxué, jiànshi le bùtóng de wénhuà.When he was young, he went to a foreign land to study and experienced a different culture.
- 异域，。Zài yì yù shēnghuó duō nián hòu, tā yīrán jìde gùxiāng de wèidào.After living in a foreign land for many years, she still remembered the taste of her hometown.
- 异域。Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎngshù le yí duàn fāshēng zài yì yù de àiqíng gùshì.This movie tells a love story that takes place in a strange land.
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