Chinese–English

叶落归根

yè luò guī gēn · ye luo gui gen

Traditional 葉落歸根

Meaning

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