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Meaning of 背井离乡

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bèi jǐng xiāng (Trad.: 背井離鄉)
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
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Antonyms: 安土重迁
Example Sentences
1
After an exile of ten years her uncle returned to Britain.
2
Many are forced from home by natural disaster, war or civil unrest.
3
They, unlike refugees have not crossed international borders, but remain uprooted in their own countries.
4
But most Roma leave their homelands in search not of work but of freedom from destitution and persecution.
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They left their homeland sometime during the 11th century, probably as a result of Muslim invasions, and have never returned.