背井離鄉
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Chinese[edit]
learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder |
warn; well | to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from |
country; village | ||
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trad. (背井離鄉) | 背 | 井 | 離 | 鄉 | |
simp. (背井离乡) | 背 | 井 | 离 | 乡 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
背井離鄉
- to leave one's native place and move elsewhere
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 背井離鄉 (“to leave one's hometown and move elsewhere”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 背井離鄉, 離鄉背井 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 離鄉背井 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 離鄉別井 |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 出外鄉 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 出外鄉 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 出外鄉 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 出外鄉 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 出外鄉 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 出外鄉 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 離鄉背井, 背井離鄉, 離鄉走路 |
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