"葉落歸根" meaning in Chinese

See 葉落歸根 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːp̚² lɔːk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/, /jiːp̚² lɔːk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: yèluòguīgēn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jip⁶ lok⁶ gwai¹ gan¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yèluòguīgēn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yèluògueigen [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yeh⁴-lo⁴-kuei¹-kên¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yè-lwò-gwēi-gēn [Mandarin, Yale], yehluohgueigen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], елогуйгэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], jelogujgɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], yihp lohk gwāi gān [Cantonese, Yale], jip⁹ lok⁹ gwai¹ gan¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yib⁶ log⁶ guei¹ gen¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 叶落归根
Etymology: From Song dynasty book《景德傳燈錄》by 釋道原 Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 葉落歸根
  1. a person who has been away from his or her hometown for a long time would eventually return Wikipedia link: Song dynasty Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 落葉歸根/落叶归根 (luòyèguīgēn), 落葉歸根 (luòyèguīgēn), 落叶归根 (luòyèguīgēn)
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "lá rụng về cội",
            "calque": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: lá rụng về cội (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: lá rụng về cội (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " 宋·釋道原《景德傳燈錄》",
      "roman": "Yèluòguīgēn, lái shí wú kǒu.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "葉落歸根,來時無口。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " 宋·釋道原《景德傳燈錄》",
      "roman": "Yèluòguīgēn, lái shí wú kǒu.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "叶落归根,来时无口。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Song dynasty book《景德傳燈錄》by 釋道原",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "叶落归根",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "葉落歸根",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "fallen leaves will return to the roots",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person who has been away from his or her hometown for a long time would eventually return"
      ],
      "id": "en-葉落歸根-zh-phrase-7Fm2-GSE",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ],
        [
          "hometown",
          "hometown"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "eventually",
          "eventually"
        ],
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "luòyèguīgēn",
          "word": "落葉歸根/落叶归根"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luòyèguīgēn",
          "word": "落葉歸根"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luòyèguīgēn",
          "word": "落叶归根"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Song dynasty"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèluòguīgēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jip⁶ lok⁶ gwai¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèluòguīgēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèluògueigen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴-lo⁴-kuei¹-kên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yè-lwò-gwēi-gēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yehluohgueigen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "елогуйгэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jelogujgɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yihp lohk gwāi gān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jip⁹ lok⁹ gwai¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yib⁶ log⁶ guei¹ gen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːp̚² lɔːk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːp̚² lɔːk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "葉落歸根"
}
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      "text": "→ Vietnamese: lá rụng về cội (calque)"
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  ],
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      "ref": " 宋·釋道原《景德傳燈錄》",
      "roman": "Yèluòguīgēn, lái shí wú kǒu.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "葉落歸根,來時無口。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " 宋·釋道原《景德傳燈錄》",
      "roman": "Yèluòguīgēn, lái shí wú kǒu.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "叶落归根,来时无口。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Song dynasty book《景德傳燈錄》by 釋道原",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "叶落归根",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "idiom"
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      "expansion": "葉落歸根",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "fallen leaves will return to the roots",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 根",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 歸",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 落",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 葉",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person who has been away from his or her hometown for a long time would eventually return"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ],
        [
          "hometown",
          "hometown"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "eventually",
          "eventually"
        ],
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Song dynasty"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèluòguīgēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jip⁶ lok⁶ gwai¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèluòguīgēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèluògueigen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴-lo⁴-kuei¹-kên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yè-lwò-gwēi-gēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yehluohgueigen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "елогуйгэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jelogujgɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yihp lohk gwāi gān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jip⁹ lok⁹ gwai¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yib⁶ log⁶ guei¹ gen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːp̚² lɔːk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːp̚² lɔːk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "luòyèguīgēn",
      "word": "落葉歸根/落叶归根"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luòyèguīgēn",
      "word": "落葉歸根"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luòyèguīgēn",
      "word": "落叶归根"
    }
  ],
  "word": "葉落歸根"
}

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