How to Say ‘It's not easy being away from home.’ in Simplified Chinese
出门在外都不容易。
chū mén zài wài dōu bù róng yì
[choo-men dzai-wye doh boo rong-ee]
🇨🇳 In China: [出门在外都不容易。] is a sympathy-building line: "we're all out here trying to get by." In real life, people use this kind of phrase to lower tension and appeal to shared hardship.
Phrase Breakdown
出门在外
chū mén zài wài
away from home / traveling outside
Describes being away from one’s home town or home country.
出门在外要小心。
Be careful when you are away from home.
Words in this phrase
出门
chū mén
[choo-men]
go out; be away from home
Often used in the phrase 出门在外 to talk about being outside, traveling, or living away from home.
出门办事的时候，我一般都带现金和手机。
When going out to handle things, I usually bring cash and my phone.
在外
zài wài
[dzai-wye]
outside; away from home
Describes the condition of being away from home or in the outside world.
在外生活久了，更能理解别人的辛苦。
After living away from home for a long time, you can better understand other people's hardships.
都
dōu
[doh]
all; both
Shows that the following description applies to everyone in a group.
大家都希望用方便的支付方式。
Everyone hopes to use a convenient payment method.
不容易
bù róng yì
not easy / difficult
Says something is hard or requires effort.
生活不容易。
Life is not easy.
Words in this phrase
不
bù
[boo]
not; no
A common negative word placed before verbs or adjectives.
我不是不付钱，我只是没有现金。
It's not that I won't pay; I just don't have cash.
容易
róng yì
[rong-ee]
easy
Means simple or not hard to do; in negative form, it means difficult.
找到双方都接受的办法不容易。
Finding a solution that both sides accept is not easy.
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