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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

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

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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
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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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