Wèile zhǎo gōngzuò, tā bèijǐng-líxiāng láidào dà chéngshì.
To find work, he left his hometown and came to the big city.
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This idiom reflects deep Chinese cultural roots in attachment to one's native place (乡土情结). 井 (well) represents the communal well around which village life centered - to leave the well is to leave the community itself.
