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独在异乡为异客

dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 独在异乡为异客

异
yì

different

异乡
yì xiāng

foreign land

乡
xiāng

country or countryside

独
dú

alone

为
wèi

because of

为
wéi

as (in the capacity of)

客
kè

customer

在
zài

to exist; to be alive