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home / homeland / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *鄉* | 鄉* | *鄉
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)
HSK 5
hometown / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
HSK 6
rustic / village / countryside
HSK 5
city and countryside
HSK 6
person from the same county
Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
country music (country & western music genre)
Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home
HSK 7-9
Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
a remote and desolate place
Zaoqiao or Tsaochiao township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Shuangxi or Shuanghsi township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
one's home town or village
Dacun Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
foreign land / a place far from home
a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire
(lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
sleep / the land of Nod / dreamland
Ren'ai or Jenai Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
native language / native dialect
Xinfeng or Hsinfeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
foreign land / away from one's native place
the land of dreams / slumberland
stranger
Ruisui or Juisui township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Anxiang, a county in Changde City 常德市, Hunan
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) / forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. to 住建部)
When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Xinxiang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
Liehyu township in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
country folk / rustic / rural folk
patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu
Sanwan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Hsinyuan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Wulai township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Fangyuan Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Wanluan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
Zhongpu or Chungpu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
person from the same province
a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
(literary) hypocrite / two-faced person
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
another part of the country / some other place
Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Checheng township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
village doctor (Chinese health care system)
Jinxiang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
Linlo township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
to wander far from home
Shiding or Shihting township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
country manners; provincialism
homesickness / nostalgia
Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Dongshan or Tungshan Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Yongjing or Yungching Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
to be homesick
Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
homesick
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area)
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Nan'ao Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
homesickness
rustic / uncouth / unsophisticated
Wutai township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Yanjing village, common place name
to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)
Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Baozhong or Paochung township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
(derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin

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