归根 | [guī gēn, ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ, 归 根 / 歸 根] to return home (after a lifetime's absence); to go back to one's roots #74,332 [Add to Longdo] |
归根到底 | [guī gēn dào dǐ, ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧˇ, 归 根 到 底 / 歸 根 到 底] (saying) to sum it up... #25,014 [Add to Longdo] |
落叶归根 | [luò yè guī gēn, ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ, 落 叶 归 根 / 落 葉 歸 根] A falling leaf returns to the roots (成语 saw); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. #53,813 [Add to Longdo] |
归根结蒂 | [guī gēn jié dì, ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧˋ, 归 根 结 蒂 / 歸 根 結 蒂] ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done #94,719 [Add to Longdo] |