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树高千丈，叶落归根

shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
  2. 2. fig. everything has its ancestral home

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Child Words of 树高千丈，叶落归根

千
qiān

thousand

根
gēn

root

树
shù

tree

归
guī

to return

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop

高
gāo

high

丈
zhàng

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)

叶
xié

to be in harmony

归根
guī gēn

to return home (after a lifetime's absence)

叶
yè

leaf

叶落归根
yè luò guī gēn

a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home