| 告老还乡 |
gào lǎo huán xiāng |
(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown |
| 告 |
gào |
(bound form) to say; to tell / to announce; to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit; to sue |
| 老 |
lǎo |
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 还 |
Huán |
surname Huan |
| 还 |
hái |
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else |
| 还 |
huán |
to pay back / to return |
| 还乡 |
huán xiāng |
(literary) to return to one's native place |
| 乡 |
xiāng |
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit) |