在家千日好,出门一时难 zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

在 zài be at, in, on; consist in, rest
家 jiā house, home, residence; family
千 qiān thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
日 rì sun; day; daytime
好 hǎo good, excellent, fine; well
出 chū go out, send out; stand; produce
门 mén gate, door, entrance, opening
一 yī one; a, an; alone
时 shí time, season; era, age, period
难 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable