同乡亲故 tóng xiāng qīn gù

DEFINITIONS

  1. fellow countryman (from the same village)
  2. the folks back home

CHARACTERS

同 tóng same, similar; together with
乡 xiāng country; rural; village
亲 qīn relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree
故 gù ancient, old; reason, because