葉落歸根

jip6 lok6 gwai1 gan1

a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home · In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
  2. In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.

Written Forms

葉落歸根Traditional · Main Form
叶落归根Alternate Form

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