葉落歸根 [叶－归－]

Jyutping jip6 lok6 gwai1 gan1
Pinyin yè luò guī gēn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
  2. In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    a person who has been away from his or her hometown for a long time would eventually return
    (syn.) 落葉歸根, 落叶归根