独在异乡为异客

Traditional form:

獨在異鄉為異客

Pinyin (reading):

dúzàiyìxiāngwéiyìkè

Definitions:

• a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維／王维 ( Wáng Wéi))

Characters:

• 独 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 异 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 乡 - country, village; rural
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 异 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 客 - guest, traveller; customer

Traditional characters:

• 獨 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 異 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 鄉 - country, village; rural
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 異 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 客 - guest, traveller; customer