树高千丈，叶落归根

shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēn

fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb); fig. everything has its ancestral home

Traditional 樹高千丈，葉落歸根

Meaning

shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēnshu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1
  1. fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
  2. fig. everything has its ancestral home
  3. in old age, an expatriate returns home

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