葉落歸根 [ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ; ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1] a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. ◄ ►