Chinese–English
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén · shi nian shu mu , bai nian shu ren
Traditional 十年樹木，百年樹人
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
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