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to live away from home

寄居
jì jū
j+ì·4th tonej+ǖ·1st tone
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For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.
因为他们的财物过多，不能同居共处：他们寄居的地方也容不下他们，因为他们的牲畜甚多。
Synonyms
Synonyms
to stay away from home · residence abroad · sojourn旅居lu:3 jūto live far away from one's native place · to reside in a foreign country侨居qiáo jūto make one's home in · to reside in · to inhabit寓居yù jūto live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn作客zuò kèto live in a foreign place · to live somewhere as a guest客居kè jūto wander about destitute · to be stranded流落liú luò
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