还乡
huán
xiāng

Definitions

  1. 1. to return home
  2. 2. fig. to retire from public life

Components

  • 还 Huán – surname Huan
  • 乡 xiāng – country or countryside

Related Words

  • 还乡女 huán xiāng nǚ – (Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
  • 衣锦还乡 yì jǐn huán xiāng – to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
  • 告老还乡 gào lǎo huán xiāng – to retire and return to one's hometown