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乡下 (鄉下)

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  • [xiāngxia]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

乡下 [xiāngxia]
  1. 1. noun countryside

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

乡下 [xiāngxia]
  1. 1. countryside; village; country
    乡下来人了。
    Someone is here from the village.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

乡下 [xiāngxia]
  1. 1. 农村。

Examples

他家一直居住在乡下
His family have always lived in the country.
他在乡下歪得很。
He is a local bully.
我好像乡下人头回进城,见啥都觉得新鲜。
I felt like a country bumpkin coming to town for the first time. Everything which met my eyes was a novelty.
时局动荡,你还是带着孩子去乡下避乱吧。
The current situation is very chaotic, you’d better go to the countryside with your children.
为了躲避兵灾,他们全家来到了乡下
The whole family moved to the countryside to avoid the disaster caused by war.
刚回到乡下老家,妈总怕我冷,给我那炕洞里不住地添柴烧火。
After I had just returned to my hometown in the countryside, mother was quite afraid that I felt cold and kept adding firewood to the flue of our kang.
我已功成名就,一定要让乡下的老父过上幸福的生活。
Having achieved both success and fame, I will provide a happy life for my father, who lives in the countryside.
他在乡下的时候,箍桶可是一把好手呢。
He was good at hooping barrels when he was in the country.
乡下,处处可以看到雉鸡。
In the countryside, pheasants are everywhere.
他在乡下过着悠然的日子。
He lives a carefree life in the country.

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