叶落归根 yèluòguīgēn things returning to their origin Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yèluòguīgēn things returning to their origin Literally "a falling leaf returns to its roots"; used metaphorically to mean that everything eventually returns to its source or origin returning to one's ancestral home Metaphorically describes people who have lived away from home for a long time eventually returning to their birthplace or ancestral home Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.168 per million Cross-References Same as 落叶归根 luòyèguīgēnReferenced by 树高千丈，叶落归根 shùgāoqiānzhàngyèluòguīgēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yèluòguīgēn things returning to their origin Literally "a falling leaf returns to its roots"; used metaphorically to mean that everything eventually returns to its source or origin returning to one's ancestral home Metaphorically describes people who have lived away from home for a long time eventually returning to their birthplace or ancestral home Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.168 per million Cross-References Same as 落叶归根 luòyèguīgēnReferenced by 树高千丈，叶落归根 shùgāoqiānzhàngyèluòguīgēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
