countryside

( 同乡 ) fellow townspeople

native soil

village

a place far from home

fellow countryman ⇒ 我们几个是同乡。 Wǒmen jǐ gè shì tóngxiāng. → We're all from the same place.

another part of the country ⇒ 他在外乡遭了劫。 Tā zài wàixiāng zāole jié. → He was robbed while away from home.

hometown

foreign parts pl

be homesick

birthplace

region of rivers and lakes

fellow villager

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

retire to one's hometown

remote and backward places

be forced to leave one's home