归根 (歸根) guīgēn

guīgēn verb to return home (after a lifetime's absence); to go back to one's roots
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '歸根')

Contained in

• 叶落归根(葉落歸根) a falling leaf returns to the roots; everything has its ancestral home ; falling leaves return to their roots

Also contained in

归根到底 、 归根究柢 、 树高千丈，叶落归根 、 落叶归根 、 归根结柢 、 归根结底 、 归根结蒂

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 98 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
• Scroll 30 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 3 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 1
• Scroll 8 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 1
• Scroll 5 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 2 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 24 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 4 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation