a tree may grow a thousand “zhang”high, but its leaves fall back to the roots -- a person residing away from home eventually returns to his native soil
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叶落归根: what comes from the soil will return to the soil -- want one's old bones to be buried in one's hometown.; a person residing elsewhere finally returns to his native land.; everything revert
丈: i 量词(市丈的通称) zhang ,a unit of length (= 3/3 metres) 短语和例子丈六金身 a tall buddhist idol; 丈二金刚 a buddhist statue twelve feet highⅡ 动词(丈量) measure (land) 短语和例子清丈 make an exact measurement of the l