"归根" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
归根 歸根 guī gēn to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
归根结底 歸根結底 guī gēn jié dǐ in the final analysis / ultimately syn
归根到底 歸根到底 guī gēn dào dǐ after all / in the final analysis / ultimately syn
归根结蒂 歸根結蒂 guī gēn jié dì ultimately / in the final analysis / after all / when all is said and done
归根结柢 歸根結柢 guī gēn jié dǐ variant of 歸根結底|归根结底[gui1 gen1 jie2 di3]
归根究底 歸根究底 guī gēn jiū dǐ (idiom) in the final analysis
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn
落叶归根 落葉歸根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home syn
树高千丈,落叶归根 樹高千丈,落葉歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn see 樹高千丈,葉落歸根|树高千丈,叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
树高千丈,叶落归根 樹高千丈,葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home

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