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離鄉別井 (lei4 hoeng1 bit6 zeng2) — to move away from one's hometown or motherland and move somewhere else | also 離鄉背井 or 背井離鄉 in Mandarin in Cantonese

leiˎ₄離hoengˉ¹鄉bitˍ₆別zengˊ²井
简 离乡别井
Mandarin Pinyin: li2 xiang1 bie2 jing3

Meaning of 離鄉別井

nounto move away from one's hometown or motherland and move somewhere else | also 離鄉背井 or 背井離鄉 in Mandarin
nounto leave one's home / hometown

Characters in 離鄉別井

離lei4
be without; be independent of
鄉hoeng1
hometown; native place; home village
別bit6
unique; unusual; special
井zeng2
well; well-shaped thing

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