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人生地不熟

rén shēng dì bù shú

5-character word

What 人生地不熟 means

1. to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom)
2. in an unfamiliar place without friends or family

The characters in 人生地不熟

• 人rénperson; people
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted

Example sentences

• 我人生地不熟的。
  I don't know many people here.