Chinese Word: 离乡背井 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)

1		jiě fàng qián 解放前， jī huāng 饥荒 pò shǐ 迫使 tā 他 de 的 péng you 朋友 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井。 Before liberation famine forced his friend to flee his native village.
2		hǎo 好 jǐ qiān 几千 rén 人 bèi pò 被迫 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井， xǔ duō 许多 xué xiào 学校 bèi 被 mín bīng 民兵 zhàn jù 占据。 Many thousands of people have been forced out of their homes and many schools have been taken over by militia.
3		è 厄， nǐ 你 bié 别 wú 无 tā 他 xuǎn 选， wǒ 我 de 的 jué sè 角色 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井 dú jū 独居 guǎ rén 寡人。 Well, you came can't help but go to the isolation of my character living in exile.
4		bǐ 比 zhè 这 gèng 更 bēi cǎn 悲惨 de 的 shì 是 tā 她 30 duō nián 多年 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井， bèi pò 被迫 liú wáng 流亡 guó wài 国外。 Sharper even than this sadness was the fact that, for more than 30 years, she was an exile from her homeland.
5		jié fó xùn 杰佛逊 hái 还 shuō 说， \" zhè xiē 这些 yìn ní 印尼 fù nǚ 妇女 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井 dào 到 mǎ lái xī yà 马来西亚 zhuàn qǔ 赚取 shēng jì 生计。 "Indonesian women are leaving everything behind to make a living in Malaysia," added Jefferson.

1		jiě fàng qián 解放前， jī huāng 饥荒 pò shǐ 迫使 tā 他 de 的 péng you 朋友 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井。 Before liberation famine forced his friend to flee his native village.
2		hǎo 好 jǐ qiān 几千 rén 人 bèi pò 被迫 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井， xǔ duō 许多 xué xiào 学校 bèi 被 mín bīng 民兵 zhàn jù 占据。 Many thousands of people have been forced out of their homes and many schools have been taken over by militia.
3		è 厄， nǐ 你 bié 别 wú 无 tā 他 xuǎn 选， wǒ 我 de 的 jué sè 角色 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井 dú jū 独居 guǎ rén 寡人。 Well, you came can't help but go to the isolation of my character living in exile.
4		bǐ 比 zhè 这 gèng 更 bēi cǎn 悲惨 de 的 shì 是 tā 她 30 duō nián 多年 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井， bèi pò 被迫 liú wáng 流亡 guó wài 国外。 Sharper even than this sadness was the fact that, for more than 30 years, she was an exile from her homeland.
5		jié fó xùn 杰佛逊 hái 还 shuō 说， \" zhè xiē 这些 yìn ní 印尼 fù nǚ 妇女 lí xiāng bèi jǐng 离乡背井 dào 到 mǎ lái xī yà 马来西亚 zhuàn qǔ 赚取 shēng jì 生计。 "Indonesian women are leaving everything behind to make a living in Malaysia," added Jefferson.