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Home / Idiom / 离乡背井

to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)

离乡背井
lí xiāng bèi jǐng
l+í·2nd tonex+iāng·1st toneb+èi·4th tonej+ǐng·3rd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight · to drift颠沛流离diān pèi liú lídestitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about · displaced流离失所liú lí shī suǒ(idiom) homeless无家可归wú jiā kě guīa family wrenched apart (idiom)妻离子散qī lí zǐ sànto leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)背井离乡bèi jǐng lí xiāng
Antonyms
to live in peace and work happily (idiom)安居乐业ān jū lè yèto hate to leave a place where one has lived long · to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it安土重迁ān tǔ zhòng qiān
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