离乡背井 in English li2 xiang1 bei4 jing3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster and so on)

Simplified Characters

离 乡 背 井

Traditional Characters

離 鄉 背 井

Pinyin

li2 xiang1 bei4 jing3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

离li2mythical beast (archaic) 乡xiang1country or countryside 背bei4variant of 背[bei1] 井jing3Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy