离乡背井 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 離鄉背井 líxiāngbèijǐng ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc) Character by character 离(lí)surname Li 乡(xiāng)country or countryside 背(bèi)the back of a body or object 井(jǐng)Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0