在家千日好，出门一时难 in English zai4 jia1 qian1 ri4 hao3 , chu1 men2 yi1 shi2 nan2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically there's no place like home

Simplified Characters

在 家 千 日 好 ， 出 门 一 时 难

Traditional Characters

在 家 千 日 好 ， 出 門 一 時 難

Pinyin

zai4 jia1 qian1 ri4 hao3 , chu1 men2 yi1 shi2 nan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

在zai4(located) at 家jia1see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] 千qian1thousand 日ri4abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan 好hao3good ， 出chu1to go out 门men2surname Men 一yi1one 时shi2old variant of 時|时[shi2] 难nan2difficult (to...)