在家千日好，出门一时难

Traditional: 在家千日好，出門一時難

zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán

Dictionary entry

lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)

What does 在家千日好，出门一时难 mean?

在家千日好，出门一时难 (zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)

2fig. there's no place like home

Character breakdown

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在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 家jiāused in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]千qiānthousand 日rì(bound form) sun · day 好hǎogood · appropriate; proper 出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 门Ménsurname Men 一yīone · single

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How to pronounce 在家千日好，出门一时难

在家千日好，出门一时难

zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán

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