归根

guī gēn

Save to list

A add to a list Esc back to results

Definitions

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

Stop forgetting what you study.
Build recall daily.

Try HanyuGuide's Chinese review system with multiple choice, typed recall, tone-aware practice, and reviews scheduled before memory fades.

Get Yearly · $49.99 / year

Sign up with Google

Did Google show an error? Sorry about that. Use your email below instead.

Continue with Email

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Lifetime for $119.99 Try a practice session

Words Containing 归根

• 归根到底 归根到底 guī gēn dào dǐ: after all
• 树高千丈，落叶归根 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 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 归根究底 guī gēn jiū dǐ: (idiom) in the final analysis
• 归根结底 归根结底 guī gēn jié dǐ: in the final analysis
• 归根结蒂 归根结蒂 guī gēn jié dì: ultimately
• 落叶归根 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 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 根 gēn: root
• 归 归 guī: to return