乡（鄉）xiānɡ ❶ （乡村） country; countryside; village; rural area: 城 ～ 差别 the difference between town and country; 下 ～ go to the countryside
❷ （家乡） native place; home village; hometown: 回 ～ return to one's native place; 丝绸之 ～ the home of silk; 背井离 ～ leave one's native place
❸ （行政区划单位） township (a rural administrative unit under the county): ～ 长 township head
❹ （以产某种物品著名的地方） land or place famous for producing sth.: 鱼米之 ～ the land of fish and rice; 浙江是我国茶 ～。 Zhejiang is known as the land of tea of our country.
❺ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 明 Xiang Ming
◆乡巴佬 [贬] bumpkin; yokel; rustic; countryman; country bumpkin; [古] villain; 乡[向]壁虚造 create [fabricate] out of nothing; 乡愁 homesickness; nostalgia; 乡村 village; countryside; rural area; country; 乡间 village; country; [美口] the sticks; province in the countryside; rustic; 乡里 home village or town; fellow villager or townsman; 乡里乡气 foolish and clumsy; rustic; 乡僻 far from town; out-of-the-way; 乡亲 a person from the same village or town; fellow villager or townsman; local people; villagers; folks; 乡曲 [书] a place far from town; an out-of-the-way place; 乡曲之士 a village schoolmaster; a man of narrow culture; 乡绅 country gentleman; squire; 乡试 [旧] triennial examination held in each province for the title of juren ; country examination; 乡思 homesickness; nostalgia; 乡思缠绵 be tormented by nostalgia; 乡谈 local dialect; 乡土 native soil; home village; local; of one's native land; 乡土观念 provincialism; 乡土文学 native literature; 乡味 home grown product; 乡下 [口] village; country; countryside; 乡音 accent of one's native place; local accent; 乡邮 rural postal service; 乡愿 [书] hypocrite; 乡镇 villages and towns; small towns; 乡镇经济 villages and towns economy; 乡镇企业 township enterprise; rural and township enterprise; 乡镇企业集团 township enterprise group 乡township
～统筹，村提留fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve/～长township head |