归根

guī gēn

Definitions

1. to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
2. to go back to one's roots

Words Containing 归根

• 归根到底 guī gēn dào dǐ: after all
• 树高千丈，落叶归根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn: see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]
• 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)
• 归根究底 guī gēn jiū dǐ: (idiom) in the final analysis
• 归根结底 guī gēn jié dǐ: in the final analysis
• 归根结蒂 guī gēn jié dì: ultimately
• 落叶归根 luò yè guī gēn: Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[zhāng yáng], starring 趙本山|赵本山[zhào běn shān]
• 叶落归根 yè luò guī gēn: a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home

Child Words of 归根

• 根 gēn: root
• 归 guī: to return