樹高千丈，葉落歸根

shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēn

a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves fall back to the roots—a person residing away from home eventually returns to his native soil

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樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根 [shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn] ► 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