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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly
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Original source entry:

根深葉茂 根深叶茂 [gen1 shen1 ye4 mao4] /deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom)/(fig.) well established and growing strongly/

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