獨在異鄉為異客

独在异乡为异客
dúzàiyìxiāngwéiyìkè
a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維 Wáng Wéi)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 獨 dú
  1. alone
  2. independent
  3. single
  4. sole
  5. only
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 異鄉 yìxiāng
  1. foreign land
  2. a place far from home
4 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
5 異客 yìkè stranger; alien