旧地重游 (jiù dì chóng yóu) — to revisit a place one has been to before; to return to a familiar place (often with nostalgia)
Definition
A chengyu meaning to revisit a familiar place, often with nostalgia or emotion. Used when someone returns to a site they once knew — a hometown, former school, or old hangout.
idiom
to revisit a place one has been to beforeto return to a familiar place (often with nostalgia)
Examples
- 旧地重游，。Èr shí nián hòu jiù dì chóng yóu, xīn lǐ gǎn kǎi wàn qiān.Returning to the old place after twenty years, I was filled with a thousand emotions.
- 旧地重游，。Zhè cì jiù dì chóng yóu, fā xiàn biàn huà hěn dà.This time revisiting the old place, I found it had changed a lot.
- 旧地重游。Tā měi nián dōu huì jiù dì chóng yóu yí cì mǔ xiào.He returns to his alma mater once a year.
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