a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
trad. 葉落歸根
Also written 葉落歸根【yè luò guī gēn】
Characters in this word
4叶
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to be in harmony
- Pinyin
- xié
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 8504 of 2500
落
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to leave out, to be missing, to leave behind or forget to bring, to lag or fall behind
- Pinyin
- là
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 4185 of 2500
归
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surname Gui
- Pinyin
- Guī
- Traditional
- 歸
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3299 of 2500
根
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root, basis, classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings, CL:條|条[tiao2], radical (chemistry)
- Pinyin
- gēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5176 of 2500