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移居

yí jū

2-character word

What 移居 means

1. to migrate
2. to move to a new place of residence

The characters in 移居

• 移yíto move; to shift; to change
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up

Example sentences

• 他抛弃了家人，移居大溪地。
  He abandoned his family and moved to Tahiti.
• 当移居者的村庄被野蛮人征服后，他们的希望和生活到了痛苦的尽头，数年对灾祸的抵抗结束了。
  Dāng yíjū zhě de cūnzhuāng bèi yěmánrén zhēngfú hòu, tāmen de xīwàng hé shēnghuó dào le tòngkǔ de jìntóu, shùnián duì zāihuò de dǐkàng jiéshù le.
  Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.

Sounds the same

Read yí jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宜居livable