叶落归根 yè luò guī gēn

return to one's roots; go back home in the end

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 74716th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
叶 yè HSK 4
leaf; surname Ye; page
落 luò HSK 4
to fall or drop; to lower; to lag or fall behind
归 guī HSK 5
to return; to go back to; to belong to
根 gēn HSK 3
root; basis