fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home; lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 张扬, starring 赵本山
见“叶落归根”,比喻不忘本源。多指离开家乡多年的人最后终究要回到家乡。
主谓式;作谓语、宾语、定语、分句;比喻事物有一定的归宿
飘落的枯叶,掉在树木根部。比喻事物有一定的归宿。多指客居他乡的人,终要回到本乡。
宋·释道原《景德传灯录》卷五:“叶落归根,来时无口。”
落叶归根,丰城剑回。 ◎明·王世桢《鸣凤记》第三十八出