葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

葉 yè leaf, petal; page of book; period
落 luò
HSK 4
fall, drop; net income, surplus
歸 guī return; return to, revert to
根 gēn
HSK 3
root, base(d on); foundation