百年树人

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)
  2. 2. fig. a good education program takes a long time to develop
  3. 3. cf. 十年樹木,百年樹人|十年树木,百年树人