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葉落歸根 (叶落归根)

yè luò guī gēn

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

葉
=
艹
+
枼
落
=
艹
+
洛
歸
=
丿
+
㠯
+
止
+
帚
根
=
木
+
艮

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