树高千丈，落叶归根
shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​luò​yè​guī​gēn

a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots

  • created sense approved 树高千丈，落叶归根/樹高千丈，落葉歸根 · shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​luò​yè​guī​gēn · a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    树高千丈，落叶归根 / 樹高千丈，落葉歸根

    shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng​luò​yè​guī​gēn

    a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots

    A tree may grow very high, but eventually its leaves fall back to the ground; people who live far away from home for a long time eventually return to their ancestral home or birthplace.

    树 (literal) → 树/樹 · shù · tree 高 (literal) → 高 · gāo · high 千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · thousand 丈 (literal) → 丈 · zhàng · zhang ， (non_chinese) 落叶 (literal) → 落叶/落葉 · luò​yè · fallen leaves 归根 (literal) → 归根/歸根 · guī​gēn · to return home

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