低头思故乡

低頭思故鄉

dītóu sī gùxiāng

quotation

Meanings

1 to bow one's head and think of home
2 lower the head, thinking of one's native land

Characters

to think of / miss

hometown / village

Examples

HSK 6

海外游子读到这句，没有不低头思故乡的。

Hǎiwài yóuzǐ dú dào zhè jù, méiyǒu bù dītóusīgùxiāng de.

No overseas wanderer reads this line without bowing their head and longing for home.

HSK 7-9

每逢中秋，他总会低头思故乡。

Měiféng Zhōng qiū, tā zǒnghuì dītóusīgùxiāng.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, he always lowers his head and thinks of home.

Tips

history

From Li Bai's 《静夜思》 (Tang dynasty): 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。举头望明月，低头思故乡。 The poem's final couplet pairs raising the head to see the bright moon with lowering it to remember home - arguably the most memorized poem in Chinese.

culture

Synonymous with homesickness itself in modern Chinese. Every schoolchild learns 《静夜思》, and this line is routinely quoted at Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival.

Stroke Order

低 dī

头 tóu

思 sī

故 gù

乡 xiāng