叶落归根

叶落归根 [yè luò guī gēn]

1. ■ What comes from the soil will return to the soil -- want one's old bones to be buried in one's hometown.; A person residing elsewhere finally returns to his native land.; Everything reverts to its original sources.; Falling leaves settle on their roots -- a person residing elsewhere finally returns to his ancestral home.; Leaves fall to settle on their roots -- end one's days on one's native soil.; The fallen leaves return to their roots.