在家千日好，出門一時難 zài jiā qiān rì hǎo ， chū mén yī shí nán

fig. there's no place like home

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. there's no place like home
  2. 2. lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
在 zài HSK 1
(located) at; (to be) in
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses
千 qiān HSK 2
thousand; see 秋千qiū qiān
日 rì HSK 2
day; date, day of the month; sun
好 hǎo HSK 1
good; well; very
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
門 mén
door; gate; doorway
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
時 shí
time; when; o'clock
難 nán
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty