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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Related Words
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)— Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]
→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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