在家千日好，出门一时难

zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán

Definitions

1. lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
2. fig. there's no place like home

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Child Words of 在家千日好，出门一时难

one

a period of time

to go out

to go out

thousand

to exist; to be alive

to be at home

good

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

sun

o'clock

difficult (to...)

disaster

home

gate