guī gēn
to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
to go back to one's roots
guī gēn dào dǐ
after all
in the final analysis
ultimately
Luò yè guī gēn
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]
luò yè guī gēn
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
fig. all things go back to their source eventually
in old age, an expatriate returns home
yè luò guī gēn
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
guī gēn jié dì
ultimately
in the final analysis
after all
when all is said and done
shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn
see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
fig. everything has its ancestral home
in old age, an expatriate returns home
guī gēn jié dǐ
in the final analysis
ultimately
guī gēn jié dǐ
variant of 歸根結底|归根结底[gui1 gen1 jie2 di3]
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