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树高千丈,落叶归根
Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
树高千丈,叶落归根 (樹高千丈,葉落歸根) shù​gāo​qiān​zhàng, yè​luò​guī​gēn
ancestral home
A proverb signifying that everything has its origins or source, just as a tree's leaves eventually fall to its roots.
returning home
The act of an expatriate or someone living far from home returning to their place of origin in old age.
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