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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

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

树

HSK 1

含义tree; plant; set up, establish

拼音shù

高

HSK 11

含义high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189

拼音gāo

千

HSK 22

含义thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler

拼音qiān

丈

HSK 42

含义unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband

拼音zhàng

叶

HSK 4

含义to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

拼音yè

落

HSK 31

含义fall, drop; net income, surplus

拼音luò

归

HSK 4

含义return; return to, revert to

拼音guī

根

HSK 31

含义root, base(d on); foundation

拼音gēn