落葉

dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous

to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

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

leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats / a surname

larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree

lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep

defoliant

deciduous tree

leaf litter

deciduous plant / deciduous vegetation

Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]

lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home

see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]