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客死異鄉

简客死异乡 · 繁客死異鄉

Mandarin · pinyin kè sǐ yì xiāng

to die in a foreign land (idiom)

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客: kè · guest, traveller; customer
死: sǐ · die; dead; death
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鄉: Look up this written character
异: yì · different, unusual, strange
乡: xiāng · country; rural; village

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4–3–4–1 · ke4 si3 yi4 xiang1

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(idiomatic) synonym of 客死他鄉 /客死他乡 (kèsǐtāxiāng, “to die in a foreign land”)

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