叶落归根 (葉落歸根)
yè luò guī gēn
Pinyin
Definition
叶落归根 (葉落歸根)
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- a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
- In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to lose (sth)
- 2 to drop (sth)
- 3 to feel a sense of loss
- 4 frustrated
- 5 disappointment
- 6 loss
- 1 root
- 2 basis
- 3 classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- 4 classifier: 条 tiáo
- 5 radical (chemistry)
- 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)
Idioms (20)
一落千丈
- 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 3 to take a dive
七零八落
- 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
不见棺材不落泪
- 1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
- 2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
中箭落马
- 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光明磊落
- 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright