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Definition(s) for: 离乡背井

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
离乡背井 lí xiāng bèi jǐng - to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 57,992 85,524 74,538

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chī- mythical beast (archaic)
- surname Li
- to leave
- to part from
- to be away from
- (in giving distances) from
- without (sth)
- independent of
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire
- ☲
xiāng- country or countryside
- native place
- home village or town
- township (PRC administrative unit)
bēi- to be burdened
- to carry on the back or shoulder
bèi- the back of a body or object
- to turn one's back
- to hide something from
- to learn by heart
- to recite from memory
- (slang) unlucky
- hard of hearing
bēi- variant of 背[bei1]
jǐng- Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- surname Jing
jǐng- a well
- CL:口[kou3]
- neat
- orderly

Other Words Containing 离乡背井

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
离乡背井 - - 57,992 85,524 74,538