离乡背井
Traditional form:
離鄉背井
Pinyin (reading):
líxiāngbèijǐng
Definitions:
- to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
Characters:
- 离 - rare beast; strange; elegant
- 乡 - country, village; rural
- 背 - back, backside; to betray, to violate
- 井 - well, mine shaft, pit
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