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四海為家

简四海为家 · 繁四海為家

Mandarin · pinyin sì hǎi wéi jiā

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4–3–2–1 · si4 hai3 wei2 jia1

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sei3 hoi2 wai4 gaa1

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(idiomatic) to make one's home wherever one is; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own; to live a wandering life