Chinese–English
叶落归根
yè luò guī gēn · ye luo gui gen
Traditional 葉落歸根
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- 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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