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落叶归根

luò yè guī gēn

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Definitions

  1. 1. 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]
  2. 2. lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
  3. 3. fig. all things go back to their source eventually

Words Containing 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]

Child Words of 落叶归根

落叶
luò yè

dead leaves

落
luò

to fall or drop

叶
xié

to be in harmony

叶
yè

leaf

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

归
guī

to return

归根
guī gēn

to return home (after a lifetime's absence)

落
là

to leave out

根
gēn

root