衣锦还乡

yì jǐn huán xiāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory

Child Words of 衣锦还乡

还
hái

still

还
huán

to pay back

乡
xiāng

country or countryside

衣
yī

clothes

衣
yì

to dress

还乡
huán xiāng

(literary) to return to one's native place

锦
jǐn

brocade