Nǎ chù huángtǔ bù mái rén？

哪處黃土不埋人？

Lit [In] what place [will] earth not bury a person?

Fig One may find a place to be buried wherever one dies.

Note [Said to encourage people to leave home to seek a living elsewhere; see also shù nuó, sǐ below.]

Topics DEATH EMIGRATION MOVING PLACE WORK