hú​sǐ​shǒu​qiū

to long for one's home

  1. noun
    fox
    (bound form) fox; an animal often described as cunning, usually referring to the 狐狸 hú​li
  2. verb
    to die
    to die; to pass away; to perish
  3. to be buried in one's homeland
    (literary) to have one's head facing home at death; to be buried in one's hometown. Based on the legend that a dying fox always turns its head toward the hillock where it was born.