shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​yè​luò​guī​gēn

a tree may grow high but its leaves return to the roots

树高千丈,叶落归根 樹高千丈,葉落歸根 shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​yè​luò​guī​gēn
a tree may grow high but its leaves return to the roots
A proverb meaning that everything has its ancestral home or that a person living far away eventually returns to their hometown, especially in old age.

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