无家可归

wú jiā kě guī · wu jia ke gui

Traditional 無家可歸

Meaning

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  1. homeless

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2 examples
01

那(nà)些(xiē)无(wú)家(jiā)可(kě)归(guī)的(de)人(rén)每(měi)天(tiān)过(guò)着(zhe)仅(jǐn)够(gòu)糊(hú)口(kǒu)的(de)生(shēng)活(huó)。

Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

当(dāng)我(wǒ)无(wú)家(jiā)可(kě)归(guī)的(de)时(shí)候(hou),我(wǒ)常(cháng)在(zài)那(nà)张(zhāng)长(cháng)椅(yǐ)上(shàng)睡(shuì)觉(jiào)。

I often slept on that bench when I was homeless.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jiangche · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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