雁来客

雁來客
yànláikè
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 a sojourner
  2. 2 a traveler living far from home (like a migrating goose)
  3. 3 a lodger in a strange place

Examples

Tā zài jīngchéng zuò le èrshí nián de yànláikè, shǐzhōng méi néng huíxiāng.
He spent twenty years in the capital as a wandering sojourner and never made it home.
Shī lǐ de yànláikè, xiě de zhèngshì zhè zhǒng piāobó xīnjìng.
The 'wild-goose guest' in the poem captures exactly that drifting, rootless mood.

Tips

culture
Literary image: wild geese () in classical poetry symbolize travelers and letters from far away. A 雁来客 is a guest who arrives like a migrating bird and may not stay long. Used in poetry and nostalgic prose.

Stroke Order

yàn
lái