乡绅
xiāng shēn
Pinyin

Definition

乡绅
 - 
xiāng shēn
  1. a scholar or government official living in one's village
  2. a village gentleman
  3. squire

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

他乡
tā xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 away from one's native place
家乡
jiā xiāng
  1. 1 hometown
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
故乡
gù xiāng
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 homeland
  3. 3 native place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
水乡
shuǐ xiāng
  1. 1 patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu
  2. 2 same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡[Jiāng nán shuǐ xiāng]
异乡
yì xiāng
  1. 1 foreign land
  2. 2 a place far from home
绅士
shēn shì
  1. 1 gentleman
老乡
lǎo xiāng
  1. 1 fellow townsman
  2. 2 fellow villager
  3. 3 sb from the same hometown
返乡
fǎn xiāng
  1. 1 to return to one's home town
乡
xiāng
  1. 1 country or countryside
  2. 2 native place
  3. 3 home village or town
  4. 4 township (PRC administrative unit)
乡下
xiāng xia
  1. 1 countryside
  2. 2 rural area
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
乡村
xiāng cūn
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 village
  3. 3 countryside
乡里
xiāng lǐ
  1. 1 one's home town or village
下乡
xià xiāng
  1. 1 to go to the countryside
入乡随俗
rù xiāng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
同乡
tóng xiāng
  1. 1 person from the same village, town, or province
城乡
chéng xiāng
  1. 1 city and countryside
梦乡
mèng xiāng
  1. 1 the land of dreams
  2. 2 slumberland
家乡菜
jiā xiāng cài
  1. 1 regional dish
  2. 2 local cuisine
宁乡
Níng xiāng
  1. 1 Ningxiang county in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā], Hunan
思乡
sī xiāng
  1. 1 to be homesick

Idioms (6)

他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
入乡随俗
rù xiāng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
异国他乡
yì guó tā xiāng
  1. 1 foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
背井离乡
bèi jǐng lí xiāng
  1. 1 to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
衣锦还乡
yì jǐn huán xiāng
  1. 1 to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory

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