十年树木，百年树人
Traditional form:
十年樹木，百年樹人
Pinyin (reading):
shíniánshùmù,bǎiniánshùrén
Definitions:
- (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
Characters:
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
- 树 - tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
- 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
- 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
- 树 - tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
- 人 - man, person; people
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