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Chinese
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happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old |
li, a Chinese unit of length
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simp. and trad.
(故里)
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故
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里
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Pronunciation
Noun
故里
- native place; hometown
1987, “大約在冬季”, performed by 齊秦:
你問我何時歸故里 我也輕聲地問自己
你问我何时归故里 我也轻声地问自己 - nǐ wèn wǒ héshí guī gùlǐ, wǒ yě qīngshēng dì wèn zìjǐ
- You asked me when I would return home; and I quietly asked myself as well
(Can we date this quote?), “榕水缘” (00:03:08 from the start), 潘琼林 (lyrics)performed by 音妹 李子光:
歲歲團圓/故里長相依
岁岁团圆/故里长相依 - suê3 suê3 tuang5 in5 / gu7 li2 ciang5 siang1 i1
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
- 土 (literary, or in compounds)
- 家鄉 / 家乡 (jiāxiāng)
- 故國 / 故国 (gùguó) (literary)
- 故園 / 故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
- 故土 (gùtǔ)
- 故鄉 / 故乡 (gùxiāng)
- 老家 (lǎojiā)
- 老屋 (Hakka)
- 鄉下 / 乡下
- 鄉土 / 乡土 (xiāngtǔ)
- 鄉梓 / 乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
- 鄉關 / 乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)
- 鄉黨 / 乡党 (xiāngdǎng) (Classical)
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 故里 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 故里, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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