告老还乡

Traditional: 告老還鄉

gào lǎo huán xiāng

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown

What does 告老还乡 mean?

告老还乡 (gào lǎo huán xiāng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown

Character breakdown

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告gào(bound form) to say; to tell · to announce; to report 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)还Huánsurname Huan 乡xiāngcountry or countryside · native place

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告老还乡

gào lǎo huán xiāng

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