桑梓
Meanings
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- 1.(literary) one's native place
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- 1.hometown; birthplace
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Etymology
桑 (sāng, “mulberry”) and 梓 (zǐ, “Catalpa ovata, Chinese catalpa”) used to be commonly planted next to residences, and have been used as a metonym for one's birthplace since the Eastern Han.
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