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taaˉ¹hoengˉ¹
(他乡)
Pinyin
ta1 xiang1
Translations
noun
a place far away from home, an alien land
taaˉ¹hoengˉ¹jyuˍ₆gu˗₃ziˉ¹
(他乡遇故知)
Pinyin
ta1 xiang1 yu4 gu4 zhi1
Translations
noun
run into an old friend in a foreign place:
noun
他鄉 literally means "other township/countryside", refering to somewhere foreign, not your hometown.
noun
故知literally means "history-knowing", refering to someone who knows your history and story, thus an old friend.