Learn a Chinese idiom - bèi jǐnɡ lí xiānɡ 背井离乡 to leave one's native place(esp. against one's will);abandon one's home;be far away from home

bèi jǐnɡ lí xiānɡ
背  井   离 乡  
to leave one's native place(esp. against one's will);abandon one's home;be far away from home.




Sometimes,we also say:


lí xiānɡ bèi jǐnɡ
离 乡    背  井  

For instance:

zhàn zhēnɡ shǐ xǔ duō rén bù dé bú bèi jǐnɡ lí xiānɡ 。
战   争    使  许 多  人  不 得 不 背  井   离 乡    。
The war forced many people leave their native place.


zhàn zhēnɡ
战   争   
n.war

bù dé bú
不 得 不
have to,be foreced to

Now,can you use "bèi jǐnɡ lí xiānɡ" to make another example?Have a try~