叶落归根 meaning in English
what comes from the soil will return to the soil -- want one's old bones to be buried in one's hometown.; a person residing elsewhere finally returns to his native land.; everything reverts to its original sources.; falling leaves settle on their roots -- a person residing elsewhere finally returns to his ancestral home.; leaves fall to settle on their roots -- end one's days on one's native soil.; the fallen leaves return to their roots
Examples
- God love him , he always came back to his roots
上帝也会眷顾他，他总会叶落归根的 - Even if ml ' s bones were not at old beaverdam , he was in his place with the simple granite headstone and now the ring i had returned to his family
虽然曼梯?里的遗骸并不在这个墓地里，但他也可说是叶落归根并和这块朴素的花岗岩墓碑以及现在我交还给他家的这枚戒指安眠在一起了。