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归根

歸根
guī gēn

Meanings

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guī gēn
  1. 1.to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
  2. 2.to go back to one's roots

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to eventually return to its root as it falls from the tree
  2. 2.to finally return to one's hometown

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Stroke order

Components

归㇑㇑彐
根木艮

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Characters

归根

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Derived terms

樹高千丈，落葉歸根树高千丈，落叶归根歸根到底归根到底歸根究柢归根究柢歸根結底归根结底歸根結柢归根结柢落葉歸根落叶归根葉落歸根叶落归根

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Related words

归根到底 after all落叶归根 lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)归根结蒂 ultimately落叶归根 Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 张扬[Zhāng Yáng], starring 赵本山[Zhào Běn shān]归根结柢 variant of 归根结底[guī gēn jié dǐ]归根结底 in the final analysis归根究底 (idiom) in the final analysis叶落归根 a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home树高千丈，叶落归根 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 see 樹高千丈，树高千丈，叶落归根[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]