落叶归根
落叶归根
luò yè guī gēn
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home
idiom
Traditional: 落葉歸根
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- (idiom) lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
- fig. all things go back to their source eventually
- in old age, an expatriate returns home
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Related Words
叶落归根(yè luò guī gēn)· a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
→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)
→一木难支(yī mù nán zhī)· lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
→一叶知秋(yī yè zhī qiū)· lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
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