独在异乡为异客

獨在異鄉為異客
dúzàiyìxiāngwéiyìkè
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 alone in a strange land, a stranger among strangers
  2. 2 the loneliness of being away from home
  3. 3 opening line of Wang Wei's poem on the Double Ninth Festival

Examples

Dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè, měi féng jiājié bèi sī qīn.
Alone in a strange land, a stranger — each festival I miss family twice as much.
Gāng dào Běijīng gōngzuò shí, tā jiù shì 'dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè' de gǎnjué.
When he first moved to Beijing for work, he felt 'alone, a stranger in a strange land.'

Stroke Order

zài
xiāng
wèi