shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​yè​luò​guī​gēn

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

Senses

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.

References

see 树高千丈,叶落归根/樹高千丈,葉落歸根 叶落归根/葉落歸根