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树高千丈，叶落归根

shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn · shu gao qian zhang , ye luo gui gen

Traditional 樹高千丈，葉落歸根

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fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
fig. everything has its ancestral home
in old age, an expatriate returns home

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