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树高千丈，叶落归根

shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn

9-character word Traditional 樹高千丈，葉落歸根

What 树高千丈，叶落归根 means

1. fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
2. fig. everything has its ancestral home
3. in old age, an expatriate returns home

The characters in 树高千丈，叶落归根

• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 千qiānthousand
• 丈zhàngmeasure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband
• 叶yèleaf; page; lobe
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings