同是天涯淪落人

See also: 同是天涯沦落人

Chinese

	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	be; yes; this	far corners of the world; distant lands	to wander about destitute; to be stranded; to languish to wander about destitute; to be stranded; to languish; to decay; to decline; to wane; to be at a low ebb	man; person; people
trad. (同是天涯淪落人)	同	是	天涯	淪落	人
simp. (同是天涯沦落人)	同	是	天涯	沦落	人
Literally: “We both are people stranded from the far corners of the realm.”

From the poem “The Song of the Pipa Player” (《琵琶行》) by Bai Juyi (白居易).

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóng shì tiānyá lúnluòrén

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ si⁶ tin¹ ngaai⁴ leon⁴ lok⁶ jan⁴

同是天涯淪落人

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