Definitions

1. 1. a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])

Components

• 独 dú – alone
• 在 zài – (located) at
• 异乡 yì xiāng – foreign land
• 为 wéi – as (in the capacity of)
• 异 yì – different
• 客 kè – customer

Related Words

• 独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲 dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè , měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn – “all alone in a foreign land, I am twice as homesick on this festive day”