告老还乡 — Chinese idiom
告老还乡
gào lǎo huán xiāng
Traditional: 告老還鄉
Meaning
- to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown
Character by character
- 告gàoto tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 还huánalso, besides; still, yet; to return
- 乡xiāngcountry, village; rural
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 乞哀告怜 qǐ āi gào lián
- 告一段落 gào yī duàn luò
- 哀告宾服 āi gào bīn fú
- 奔走相告 bēn zǒu xiāng gào
- 户告人晓 hù gào rén xiǎo
- 求情告饶 qiú qíng gào ráo
- 无可奉告 wú kě fèng gào
- 谆谆告诫 zhūn zhūn gào jiè
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
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