故土难离

故土難離
gùtǔnánlí

it is hard to leave one’s homeland

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Entry Composition

1 故土 gùtǔ native country; one's homeland
=2 难 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
=2 难 nàn
  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold
=3 离 chī mythical beast (archaic)
=3 离 Lí surname Li
=3 离 lí
  1. to leave
  2. to part from
  3. to be away from
  4. (in giving distances) from
  5. without (sth)
  6. independent of
  7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing fire
  8. ☲