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告老还乡
gào​lǎo​huán​xiāng

to retire to one's hometown

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 告老 gào​lǎo
    to retire
    to retire from a position due to old age; originally used for officials in imperial China but now used more generally
  2. 还乡 還鄉 huán​xiāng
    to return home
    (literary) to return to one's native place or hometown