🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

流亡

Pronunciation / Transliteration: liúwáng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Self-imposed exile/ˌsɛlf ɪmˈpoʊzd ˈɛɡ.zaɪl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他在海外开始了流亡的生活。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of living away from one's native country by one's own choice, often due to political, personal, or artistic reasons.

    "After facing intense public scrutiny, the author chose a life of self-imposed exile in a remote coastal village."
  2. 2

    A voluntary withdrawal from society, public life, or one's community to seek isolation.

    "His retirement turned into a state of self-imposed exile from the academic community."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the reflexive prefix 'self-' (from Old English 'self'), the past participle of 'impose' (from Latin 'imponere', meaning 'to place upon'), and 'exile' (from Latin 'exilium', meaning 'banishment'). The compound has evolved in modern usage to describe a voluntary departure from one's homeland, typically driven by political, artistic, or personal alienation.

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