没想回乡途中
“But on the way home,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没想回乡途中
“But on the way home,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Scholars traveling back home after failing the imperial examinations often faced perilous, long journeys filled with hardships and illness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unexpectedly; who would have thought
A literary or spoken contraction of '没想到', used to introduce an unforeseen turn of events.
on the way back to one's hometown
Use this formal phrasing when describing travel back to one's ancestral or native place.