叶落归根
叶落归根
yè luò guī gēn
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
idiom
Traditional: 葉落歸根
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- (idiom) a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
- In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
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树高千丈，叶落归根(shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn)· fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
→落叶归根(luò yè guī gēn)· lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
→扒屋牵牛(bā wū qiān niú)· to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)
→原籍(yuán jí)· ancestral home (town)
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