叶落归根 (葉落歸根) yè luò guīgēn

1. yè luò guīgēn set phrase a falling leaf returns to the roots; everything has its ancestral home
   Domain: Idiom 成语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '葉落歸根')
2. yè luò guī gēn phrase falling leaves return to their roots
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

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树高千丈，叶落归根

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 1
• Scroll 13 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 1
• Scroll 6 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 傳法正宗記 — count: 1
• Scroll 21 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 5 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 6 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 7 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 14 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄 — count: 1

Collocations

• 叶落归根来 (葉落歸根來) 葉落歸根來時無口 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 曰叶落归根 (曰葉落歸根) 曰葉落歸根來時無 — Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 傳法正宗記, Scroll 6 — count: 2