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
⇒ 落叶归根 树高千丈，叶落归根
In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
叶落归根
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叶落归根
yèluò-guīgēn
(also 落叶归根) 〈成〉 The falling leaves settle on the roots. —A person residing elsewhere finally returns to his ancestral home.
yèluò-guīgēn
(also 落叶归根) 〈成〉 The falling leaves settle on the roots. —A person residing elsewhere finally returns to his ancestral home.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典
叶落归根
yè luò guī gēn
〈比喻 fig.〉事物有一定的归宿。多指客居他乡的人终究要回到本乡。 {falling leaves return to their roots; people residing elsewhere will finally return to their ancestral home}€%
yè luò guī gēn
〈比喻 fig.〉事物有一定的归宿。多指客居他乡的人终究要回到本乡。 {falling leaves return to their roots; people residing elsewhere will finally return to their ancestral home}€%
简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典
叶落归根
yèluò-guīgēn
<熟> falling leaves settle on their roots—a person residing elsewhere finally returns to his ancestral home
- 这位老华侨终于叶落归根，回到了阔别数十年的故乡。 Like fallen leaves returning to their roots, the old man eventually returned to his hometown and settled down there after several decades overseas.
yèluò-guīgēn
<熟> falling leaves settle on their roots—a person residing elsewhere finally returns to his ancestral home
- 这位老华侨终于叶落归根，回到了阔别数十年的故乡。 Like fallen leaves returning to their roots, the old man eventually returned to his hometown and settled down there after several decades overseas.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典
