樹高千丈，葉落歸根 [树－－－－叶－归－]

Jyutping syu6 gou1 cin1 zoeng6 , jip6 lok6 gwai1 gan1
Pinyin shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  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