百年树人
bǎi nián shù rén
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Definitions
- 1. It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom)
- 2. fig. a good education program takes a long time to develop
- 3. cf. 十年樹木,百年樹人|十年树木,百年树人