落叶归根

Traditional: 落葉歸根

Luò yè guī gēn

Dictionary entry

Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]

What does 落叶归根 mean?

落叶归根 (Luò yè guī gēn) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]

2lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)

3fig. all things go back to their source eventually

4in old age, an expatriate returns home

Character breakdown

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落làto leave out · to be missing 叶xiéto be in harmony 归Guīsurname Gui 根gēnroot · basis

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