Compounds:
Lernwortschatz:
叶落归根
叶落归根[葉-歸-] yèluòguīgēn {E} f.e. return finally to one's ancestral home | ∼, lǎorén dōu xiǎng huí gùxiāng. ∼, 老人都想回故乡。 Old people all want to return to their ancestral homes.
叶落归根
叶落归根 [yèluòguīgēn] a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
叶
叶
come true
/ within my ability
/ mouth
needle
come true
落
落
fall
/ -
/ seaweed
old Kyoto
fall
根
根
root
/ -
/ tree
silver
root
叶落归根 
叶落归根[葉-歸-] yèluòguīgēn {E} f.e. return finally to one's ancestral home | ∼, lǎorén dōu xiǎng huí gùxiāng. ∼, 老人都想回故乡。 Old people all want to return to their ancestral homes. 
叶