异乡
yì xiāng
Pinyin

Definition

异乡
 - 
yì xiāng
  1. foreign land
  2. a place far from home

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

他乡
tā xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 away from one's native place
奇异
qí yì
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 bizarre
  3. 3 odd
  4. 4 exotic
  5. 5 astonished
家乡
jiā xiāng
  1. 1 hometown
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
差异
chā yì
  1. 1 difference
  2. 2 discrepancy
故乡
gù xiāng
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 homeland
  3. 3 native place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
水乡
shuǐ xiāng
  1. 1 patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu
  2. 2 same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡[Jiāng nán shuǐ xiāng]
异
yì
  1. 1 different
  2. 2 other
  3. 3 hetero-
  4. 4 unusual
  5. 5 strange
  6. 6 surprising
  7. 7 to distinguish
  8. 8 to separate
  9. 9 to discriminate
异味
yì wèi
  1. 1 unpleasant odor
异地
yì dì
  1. 1 different place
  2. 2 abroad
异常
yì cháng
  1. 1 exceptional
  2. 2 abnormal
  3. 3 an anomaly
异性
yì xìng
  1. 1 the opposite sex
  2. 2 of the opposite sex
  3. 3 heterosexual
  4. 4 different in nature
异教徒
yì jiào tú
  1. 1 member of another religion
  2. 2 heathen
  3. 3 pagan
  4. 4 heretic
  5. 5 apostate
异乡
yì xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 a place far from home
老乡
lǎo xiāng
  1. 1 fellow townsman
  2. 2 fellow villager
  3. 3 sb from the same hometown
诡异
guǐ yì
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 weird
返乡
fǎn xiāng
  1. 1 to return to one's home town
乡
xiāng
  1. 1 country or countryside
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 home village or town
  4. 4 township (PRC administrative unit)
乡下
xiāng xia
  1. 1 countryside
  2. 2 rural area
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
乡村
xiāng cūn
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 village
  3. 3 countryside
乡里
xiāng lǐ
  1. 1 one's home town or village

Idioms (20)

他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
入乡随俗
rù xiāng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
同床异梦
tóng chuáng yì mèng
  1. 1 lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
  2. 2 strange bedfellows
  3. 3 marital dissension
因人而异
yīn rén ér yì
  1. 1 varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
奇葩异卉
qí pā yì huì
  1. 1 rare and exotic flora (idiom)
好奇尚异
hào qí shàng yì
  1. 1 to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì
  1. 1 daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
  2. 2 every day sees new developments
  3. 3 rapid progress
标新取异
biāo xīn qǔ yì
  1. 1 to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
标新立异
biāo xīn lì yì
  1. 1 to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
标新竞异
biāo xīn jìng yì
  1. 1 to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
标新领异
biāo xīn lǐng yì
  1. 1 to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation
求同存异
qiú tóng cún yì
  1. 1 to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom)
异口同声
yì kǒu tóng shēng
  1. 1 different mouths, same voice
  2. 2 to speak in unison (idiom)
异国他乡
yì guó tā xiāng
  1. 1 foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
异军突起
yì jūn tū qǐ
  1. 1 to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
异香扑鼻
yì xiāng pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

Sample Sentences

浪漫个头啦，每年过年都让我特别想家，异乡游子很可怜的好不好。
làngmàn gètóu la ，měinián guònián dōu ràng wǒ tèbié xiǎngjiā ，yìxiāng yóuzi hěn kělián de hǎo bù hǎo 。
Romantic my foot! Every Chinese New Year makes me really long for home, it's really hard to be a traveler in another country, no?
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