他乡虽好，终非久留之地他鄉雖好，終非久留之地他鄉雖好，終非久留之地

though a foreign land is fine, it is not a place to stay long

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: However pleasant it is away from home, one should eventually return. Used about homesickness.

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Simplified: 他乡虽好，终非久留之地
Traditional (Taiwan): 他鄉雖好，終非久留之地
Pinyin: tā xiāng suī hǎo, zhōng fēi jiǔliú zhī dì
Pinyin (Taiwan): tā xiāng suī hǎo, zhōng fēi jiǔliú zhī de
Bopomofo: ㄊㄚㄒㄧㄤㄙㄨㄟㄏㄠˇ，ㄓㄨㄥㄈㄟㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓ ˙ㄉㄜ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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