| 落地生根 |
luò dì shēng gēn |
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 落地 |
luò dì |
to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 生根 |
shēng gēn |
to take root |
| 根 |
gēn |
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:条 / radical (chemistry) |