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「葉落歸根」，字面意思是「樹葉凋落，回到樹根周圍（Leaves wither and fall on the ground by the tree roots. ）」。比喻事物總有一定的歸宿，現多指久居異鄉的人終究會返回故裡（ A person residing elsewhere finally returns to his native land.）。它包含著中國人自古普遍具有的一種思鄉情感（nostalgia）。可以翻譯為「end one's days on one's native soil；what comes from the soil will return to the soil」。
例句：
這位老華僑終於葉落歸根，回到了闊別數十年的故鄉。Like fallen leaves returning to their roots, the old man eventually returned to his hometown and settled down there after several decades overseas.
Editor: Jade
來源：chinadaily.com.cn