歸根 [归－]

Jyutping gwai1 gan1
Pinyin guī gēn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
  2. to go back to one's roots
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, figuratively
    to finally return to one's hometown
  2. verb, of leaf
    to eventually return to its root as it falls from the tree
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这些问题归根结底是体制的问题。
    這些問題歸根結底是體制的問題。
    zhè xiē wèn tí guī gēn jié dǐ shì tǐ zhì de wèn tí 。
    • These problems are ultimately systemic.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢虽然做错咗，但系归根到底佢都系你爸爸，你原谅佢啦。
    佢雖然做錯咗，但係歸根到底佢都係你爸爸，你原諒佢啦。
    keoi5 seoi1 jin4 zou6 co3 zo2, daan6 hai6 gwai1 gan1 dou3 dai2 keoi5 dou1 hai6 nei5 baa4 baa1, nei5 jyun4 loeng6 keoi5 laa1.
    • It is true that he has done horrible things, but after all he is your father, and he deserves your forgiveness.
  2. Cantonese
    佢归根结底都系你个仔，你唔可以唔理佢。
    佢歸根結底都係你個仔，你唔可以唔理佢。
    keoi5 gwai1 gan1 git3 dai2 dou1 hai6 nei5 go3 zai2, nei5 m4 ho2 ji5 m4 lei5 keoi5.
    • At the end of the day, he's your son. You can't leave him like that.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    马克思主义告诉我们，民主属于上层建筑，属于政治这个范畴。这就是说，归根结蒂，它是为经济基础服务的。
    馬克思主義告訴我們，民主屬於上層建築，屬於政治這個範疇。這就是説，歸根結蒂，它是為經濟基礎服務的。
    mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì gào su wǒ men ， mín zhǔ shǔ yú shàng céng jiàn zhù ， shǔ yú zhèng zhì zhè ge fàn chóu ． zhè jiù shì shuō ， guī gēn jié dì ， tā shì wèi jīng jì jī chǔ fú wù de ．
    • Marxism teaches us that democracy is part of the superstructure and belongs to the realm of politics. That is to say, in the last analysis, it serves the economic base.