Meanings
- 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
Written Forms
樹高千丈，葉落歸根Traditional · Main Form
树高千丈，叶落归根Alternate Form
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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