叶落归根

yè luò guī gēn

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Định nghĩa

1. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home

Từ chứa 叶落归根

• 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)

Từ cấu thành 叶落归根

• 根 根 gēn: root
• 归 归 guī: to return
• 落 落 là: to leave out
• 落 落 lào: colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds
• 落 落 luò: to fall or drop
• 叶 叶 xié: to be in harmony
• 归根 归根 guī gēn: to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
• 叶 叶 yè: leaf