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Chinese dictionary
n.hometown; homeplace
他因思念家乡回到祖国。
He returned to his native land out of homesickness.
她专程回家乡去看望她生病的母亲。
She retrained to her hometown specially to see her sick mother.
你还记得你的家乡方言吗?
Do you remember your native dialect?
保卫家乡
defend one's hometown
在我家乡
in my hometown
没有对家乡的思念,只有对异乡的留恋。
No missing to the hometown but to the foreign ones.
Word usage
- Note"家乡" is different from "故乡". "家乡" means that one may still live there; "故乡" refers to the place where one was born or where one lived for a long time, but one no longer lives there.
- common measure word"家乡" is often matched with measure word "个".
一个家乡
one hometown