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百年樹人 (百年树人)

bǎi nián shù rén

Definition

  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

Character Decomposition

百
=
一
+
白
年
=
？
+
？
樹
=
木
+
尌
人
=
人

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