倦鳥知返
juàn​niǎo​zhī​fǎn

return home after long wanderings

  • created sense approved 倦鸟知返/倦鳥知返 · juàn​niǎo​zhī​fǎn · return home after long wanderings — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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"

    倦 (literal) → 倦 · juàn · tired 鸟 (literal) → 鸟/鳥 · niǎo · bird 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 返 (literal) → 返 · fǎn · to return

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense