Qióng jiā nán shě; gùtǔ nán lí.

窮家難捨, 故土難離。

Lit [Even] a shabby home is hard to leave [behind]; [one's] native soil is hard to leave.

Fig No one likes to leave his home and native place, however poor they may be.

Note [Also said qióng jiā nán shě, rè tú nán lí.]

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