衣锦还乡 — Chinese idiom
衣锦还乡
yī jǐn huán xiāng
Traditional: 衣錦還鄉
Meaning
- lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes
- fig. to return home after making good
- Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1]
Character by character
- 衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 锦jǐnbrocade, tapestry; embroidered
- 还huánalso, besides; still, yet; to return
- 乡xiāngcountry, village; rural
Idioms sharing a character
- 天衣无缝 tiān yī wú fèng
- 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí
- 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì
- 白衣苍狗 bái yī cāng gǒu
- 相体裁衣 xiàng tǐ cái yī
- 节衣缩食 jié yī suō shí
- 缩衣节食 suō yī jié shí
- 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ
- 衣不蔽体 yī bù bì tǐ
- 衣冠禽兽 yī guān qín shòu
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