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倦鸟知返
juàn​niǎo​zhī​fǎn

return home after long wanderings

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
倦鸟知返 倦鳥知返 juàn​niǎo​zhī​fǎn
return home after long wanderings
Describing someone who has spent a long time traveling or working away from home and, feeling weary, wishes to return; literally "a tired bird knows to return to the nest"