树高千丈，叶落归根
shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​yè​luò​guī​gēn

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

  • created reference approved 树高千丈，叶落归根/樹高千丈，葉落歸根 → 叶落归根/葉落歸根 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    树高千丈，叶落归根 / 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​yè​luò​guī​gēn

    叶落归根 / 葉落歸根 yè​luò​guī​gēn

    see

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  • created sense approved 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 — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    树 (literal) → 树/樹 · shù · tree 高 (literal) → 高 · gāo · high 千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · many 丈 (literal) → 丈 · zhàng · zhang ， (non_chinese) 叶落归根 (literal) → 叶落归根/葉落歸根 · yè​luò​guī​gēn · things returning to their origin

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