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异国他乡

yì guó tā xiāngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
foreign lands and places (idiom) / living as expatriate
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-76254756e99c0d33. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

異國他鄉 异国他乡 [yi4 guo2 ta1 xiang1] /foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate/

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Other forms in these source records: 異國他鄉

  • 异
    yì

    different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate

  • 国
    guó

    country / nation / state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

  • 他
    tā

    (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[tā rì] and 他人[tā rén])

  • 乡
    xiāng

    country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.