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首丘
shǒu​qiū

to be buried in one's homeland

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  • 狐死首丘 hú​sǐ​shǒu​qiū to long for one's home
    (literary) longing for home or being mindful of one's origin; based on the legend that a dying fox always points its head toward the hill where its den is located; used to describe not forgetting one's roots