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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
異鄉 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
異鄉 ＝ 異 ＋ 鄉
ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ · yìxiāng
noun — a strange land; a place far from home

字源 FORM — what the parts do

異different, other (差異)yì
鄉one's home region (家鄉)xiāng
異鄉，差異的異，家鄉的鄉。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

別人（異）的家鄉（鄉），不是你的家鄉。
Someone else's (異) home region (鄉) — not your own.
關 · Related
家鄉jiāxiāngone's home village, same 鄉故鄉gùxiāngone's native place, the contrast