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落地生根

Mandarin · pinyin luò dì shēng gēn

Meanings

  1. air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)
  2. to put down roots
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Characters in this entry

落
luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
根
gēn · root, base(d on); foundation
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4–4–1–1 · luo4 di4 sheng1 gen1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lok6 dei6 saang1 gan1

Cantonese word readings for 落地生根. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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lok6 dei6 saang1 gan1

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to settle permanently (after moving to a new city/country)

noun

  1. (botany) air plant, life plant (Kalanchoe pinnata, syn. Bryophyllum pinnatum)

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