(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown
trad. 告老還鄉
Also written 告老還鄉【gào lǎo huán xiāng】
Characters in this word
4告
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(bound form) to say; to tell, to announce; to report, to denounce, to file a lawsuit; to sue
- Pinyin
- gào
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6438 of 2500
老
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prefix 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old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
还
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surname Huan
- Pinyin
- Huán
- Traditional
- 還
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 49 of 2500
乡
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country or countryside, native place, home village or town, township (PRC administrative unit)
- Pinyin
- xiāng
- Traditional
- 鄉
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15110 of 2500