đi xa về gần
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Meaning · English
Be away for a long time but return to a familiar place
Literally: go far come near
Examples
Sau nhiều năm đi xa, anh cuối cùng cũng đã đi xa về gầnAfter many years away, he finally returned to his hometown
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “đi xa về gần” mean?
Be away for a long time but return to a familiar place Literally: go far come near
Is “đi xa về gần” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.