背井離鄉 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 背井离乡 bèijǐnglíxiāng ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom) Character by character 背(bèi)the back of a body or object 井(jǐng)Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy 離(lí)surname Li 鄉(xiāng)country or countryside A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0