歸田 Words — Dong Chinese Dictionary

guītián

to retire from public life

解甲归田 jiějiǎguītián to be demobilized

to remove one's armor and return to the farm; to leave the military and return to civilian life
弃官归田 qìguānguītián to resign and retire to the country

to give up one's official post and return to one's hometown to farm
解组归田 jiězǔguītián to retire from public life

To resign from a government post and return to one's hometown to farm; to retire from office. Literally "to untie the silk cord of one's official seal and return to the fields".