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HSK 6
归根
歸根
guīgēn
1.
to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
2.
to go back to one's roots
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (9)
叶落归根
yèluòguīgēn
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
落叶归根
Luòyèguīgēn
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by [[張揚|张扬<ZhāngYáng>]], starring [[趙本山|赵本山<ZhàoBěnshān>]]
落叶归根
luòyèguīgēn
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
归根到底
guīgēndàodǐ
after all
归根结底
guīgēnjiédǐ
in the final analysis
归根结柢
guīgēnjiédǐ
variant of [[歸根結底|归根结底<guīgēnjiédǐ>]]
归根结蒂
guīgēnjiédì
ultimately
树高千丈，叶落归根
shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēn
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
树高千丈，落叶归根
shùgāoqiānzhàng,luòyèguīgēn
see [[樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根<shùgāoqiānzhàng]], [[yèluòguīgēn>]]
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