樹高千丈，葉落歸根
shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēn
ㄕㄨˋ ㄍㄠ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄓㄤˋ , ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ
Simplified 树高千丈，叶落归根
- 1fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
- 2fig. everything has its ancestral home
- 3in old age, an expatriate returns home