| 离开故乡 | li2 kai1 gu4 xiang1 li2 kai1 gu4 xiang4 | to leave one's homeland |
| 返家 | fan3 jia1 | to return home |
| 回教的 | hui2 jiao1 de5 | Moslem |
| 垒打 | lei3 da3 | homerun |
| 思亲 | si1 qin1 | to remember one's parents |
| 美轮美奂 | mei3 lun2 mei3 huan4 | a sumptuous mansion |
| 视死如归 | shi4 si3 ru2 gui1 | to not be afraid of dying |
| 随遇而安 | sui2 yu4 er2 an1 | flexible |
| 屋企 | wu1 qi3 | home |
| 平淡无奇 | ping2 dan4 wu2 qi2 | nothing to write home about |
| 汇回 | hui4 hui2 | remittance |
| 伊萨卡 | yi1 sa4 ka3 | Ithaca NY, location of Cornell University 康奈爾康奈尔 |
| 体温表 | ti1 wen1 biao3 ti3 wen1 biao3 | clinical thermometer |