return home to visit parents; homecoming
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to return home to visit one's parents or elders
literaryA formal, literary term used to describe the traditional practice of returning to one's hometown to visit family, especially parents. Common in classical and modern formal writing.
Tā他
cháng常
nián年
zài在
wài外
gōng工
zuò作
，
nán难
dé得
yǒu有
jī机
huì会
guī归
xǐng省
。
He works away from home all year round and rarely has the opportunity to return home to visit his parents.
Chūn春
jié节
shì是
yóu游
zǐ子
guī归
xǐng省
de的
gāo高
fēng峰
shí时
qī期
。
The Spring Festival is the peak period for wandering sons and daughters to return home to visit their families.
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Gǔ古
rén人
jiǎng讲
jiū究
guī归
xǐng省
zhī之
lǐ礼
，
yǐ以
jìn尽
xiào孝
dào道
。
The ancients emphasized the ritual of returning home to visit parents as a way to fulfill filial piety.