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落叶归根

luò yè guī gēn

4-character word Traditional 落葉歸根

What 落叶归根 means

1. lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
2. fig. all things go back to their source eventually
3. in old age, an expatriate returns home

Other readings

落叶归根 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Luò yè guī gēnGetting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by {张扬|Zhāng Yáng}, starring {赵本山|Zhào B

The characters in 落叶归根

• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 叶yèleaf; page; lobe
• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings

Words containing 落叶归根

• 树高千丈，落叶归根shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēnsee 樹高千丈，树高千丈，叶落归根