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A classical Chinese line for “I miss my hometown”

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独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。

Dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè, měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn.

Close English reading

Alone in a foreign place, I am a stranger; at every festival, I miss my family all the more.

Plain meaningBeing far from home makes special days feel even lonelier.

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Wang Wei· Tang dynasty · Thinking of My Brothers East of the Mountains on the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
Complete Tang Poems
Why it fitsIt directly connects distance, festival time, loneliness, and longing for family.
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遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人。

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举头望明月，低头思故乡。

Jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè, dī tóu sī gù xiāng.

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I raise my head and gaze at the bright moon; I lower it and think of home.

Plain meaningMoonlight makes me miss my home.

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Li Bai· Tang dynasty · Quiet Night Thoughts
Complete Tang Poems
Why it fitsThe movement from looking up to lowering the head turns moonlight directly into homesickness.
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床前明月光，疑是地上霜。举头望明月，低头思故乡。

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但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

Dàn yuàn rén cháng jiǔ, qiān lǐ gòng chán juān.

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May we both live long; though a thousand miles apart, we share the beauty of the moon.

Plain meaningEven far apart, may we be safe and connected under the same moon.

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Su Shi· Northern Song dynasty · Prelude to Water Melody: When Will the Moon Be Clear and Bright?
Dongpo Yuefu
Why it fitsThe shared moon becomes a bond between people who cannot physically reunite.
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但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

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海上生明月，天涯共此时。

Hǎi shàng shēng míng yuè, tiān yá gòng cǐ shí.

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A bright moon rises over the sea; at the ends of the earth, we share this moment.

Plain meaningThough far apart, we are connected beneath the same moon.

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Zhang Jiuling· Tang dynasty · Gazing at the Moon and Thinking of Someone Far Away
Complete Tang Poems
Why it fitsThe moon creates a shared present for people separated by great distance.
Original context and translation note
海上生明月，天涯共此时。情人怨遥夜，竟夕起相思。

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玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知不知。

Líng lóng tóu zǐ ān hóng dòu, rù gǔ xiāng sī zhī bù zhī.

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A red bean is set inside the delicate die; do you know this longing has entered my bones?

Plain meaningI miss you so deeply it feels carved into me.

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Wen Tingyun· Tang dynasty · Newly Added Song of Willow Branches
Complete Tang Poems
Why it fitsThe red bean is a traditional emblem of longing, while the image of it entering the bones intensifies the feeling.
Original context and translation note
井底点灯深烛伊，共郎长行莫围棋。玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知不知。

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谁言寸草心，报得三春晖。

Shuí yán cùn cǎo xīn, bào dé sān chūn huī.

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Who says the inch-long grass can repay the radiance of three spring months?

Plain meaningA child's gratitude can never fully repay a mother's care.

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Meng Jiao· Tang dynasty · Song of the Traveling Son
Complete Tang Poems
Why it fitsThe small grass and spring sunlight turn unequal scale into an image of a child's debt to maternal love.
Original context and translation note
慈母手中线，游子身上衣。临行密密缝，意恐迟迟归。谁言寸草心，报得三春晖。

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