落叶归根

luò yè guī gēn

Definitions

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

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]

root

to return

to leave out

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

to fall or drop

to be in harmony

to return home (after a lifetime's absence)

dead leaves

leaf