独在异乡为异客

a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])

alone / independent / single / sole / only

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate

foreign land / a place far from home

country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do

variant of 為|为[wei4]

variant of 為|为[wei2]

customer / visitor / guest