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Expressing immigration with 移民 (yímín)
Actions & Events
Direction & Movement
Structure
Subject + 移民 + (到 + Place)
Explanation
The word 移民 (yímín) means 'to immigrate,' 'immigrant,' or 'migration,' functioning as both a verb and a noun. It describes the act of moving to another country or the people who do so. For example, 移民的尸体 means 'the bodies of migrants.'
Examples
他的父母在二十年前移民到了加拿大。
Tā de fùmǔ zài èrshí nián qián yímín dàole Jiānádà.
His parents immigrated to Canada twenty years ago.
近年来非法移民问题引起了广泛关注。
Jìnnián lái fēifǎ yímín wèntí yǐnqǐle guǎngfàn guānzhù.
In recent years, the issue of illegal immigration has attracted widespread attention.
她是一名来自越南的移民。
Tā shì yī míng láizì Yuènán de yímín.
She is an immigrant from Vietnam.