葉落歸根

yèluòguīgēn

the falling leaves settle on the roots—a person residing elsewhere finally returns to his ancestral home

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ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1

a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home, In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.

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葉落歸根|叶落归根 [yè luò guī gēn] ► a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home ► In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.