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樹高千丈，葉落歸根
简 树高千丈，叶落归根 · 繁 樹高千丈，葉落歸根Mandarin · pinyin shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn
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
Characters in this entry
- 樹
- shù · tree; plant; set up, establish
- 高
- gāo · high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189
- 千
- qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
- 丈
- zhàng · unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband
- 葉
- yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
- 落
- luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
- 歸
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- 根
- gēn · root, base(d on); foundation
- 树
- shù · tree; plant; set up, establish
- 叶
- yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf
- 归
- guī · return; return to, revert to
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syu6 gou1 cin1 zoeng6 ，jip6 lok6 gwai1 gan1
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