十年树木，百年树人

shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén

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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.

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Child Words of 十年树木，百年树人

• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 十 十 shí: ten
• 年 年 nián: year
• 树 树 shù: tree
• 树木 树木 shù mù: tree
• 百 百 bǎi: hundred
• 木 木 mù: (bound form) tree
• 百年 百年 bǎi nián: hundred years
• 百年树人 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)