归根到底

after all / in the final analysis / ultimately

surname Gui

to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots

root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry)

to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last

(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base