独在异乡为异客

dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè

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1. a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[wáng wéi])

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Child Words of 独在异乡为异客

• 在 在 zài: to exist; to be alive
• 为 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 为 wèi: because of
• 独 独 dú: alone
• 乡 乡 xiāng: country or countryside
• 客 客 kè: customer
• 异 异 yì: different
• 异乡 异乡 yì xiāng: foreign land