闰四月，吃树叶 閏四月，吃樹葉 rùn sì yuè , chī shù yè an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages
不要在一棵树上吊死 不要在一棵樹上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ 1. don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)2. there's more than one way to skin a cat
前人栽树，后人乘凉 前人栽樹，後人乘涼 qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
只见树木，不见森林 只見樹木，不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín can't see the wood for the trees
树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn 1. fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)2. fig. everything has its ancestral home3. in old age, an expatriate returns home
see 蒹葭倚玉树[jiān jiā yǐ yù shù]
树高千丈，落叶归根 樹高千丈，落葉歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn see 樹高千丈，树高千丈，叶落归根[shù gāo qiān zhàng yè luò guī gēn]