十年树木，百年树人

shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén

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Definitions

  1. 1. It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.

Child Words of 十年树木，百年树人

人
rén

person; people

十
shí

ten

年
nián

year

树
shù

tree

树木
shù mù

tree

百
bǎi

hundred

木
mù

(bound form) tree

百年
bǎi nián

hundred years

百年树人
bǎi nián shù rén

It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom)