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在家千日好，出門一時難
简 在家千日好，出门一时难 · 繁 在家千日好，出門一時難Mandarin · pinyin zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
Meanings
- lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
- fig. there's no place like home
Characters in this entry
- 在
- zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 家
- jiā · house, home, residence; family
- 千
- qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
- 日
- rì · sun; day; daytime
- 好
- hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
- 出
- chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
- 門
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 時
- shí · time, season; era, age, period
- 難
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- 门
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
- 时
- shí · time, season; era, age, period
- 难
- nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
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zoi6 gaa1 cin1 jat6 hou2, ceot1 mun4 jat1 si4 naan4
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