树高千丈，叶落归根

Traditional form:

樹高千丈，葉落歸根

Pinyin (reading):

shùgāoqiānzhàng,yèluòguīgēn

Definitions:

• 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:

• 树 - tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 丈 - gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
• 叶 - leaf, page; surname
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 归 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
• 根 - root, basis, foundation

Traditional characters:

• 樹 - tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 丈 - gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
• 葉 - leaf, page; surname
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 歸 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
• 根 - root, basis, foundation