落叶归根 luò yè guī gēn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]
  2. lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
  3. fig. all things go back to their source eventually
  4. in old age, an expatriate returns home

CHARACTERS

落 luò
HSK 4
fall, drop; net income, surplus
叶 yè
HSK 4
to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf
归 guī
HSK 5
return; return to, revert to
根 gēn
HSK 3
root, base(d on); foundation