老乡

lǎoxiāng

fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 老鄉

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我在外地遇到了老乡。

I met a fellow townsman away from home.

老乡帮了我大忙。

A fellow townsman helped me a lot.