汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 十年樹木,百年樹人
It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
树 Cultivate / Metaphorically training talents is a long-term solution / It also means that it is not easy to cultivate talents
树培植,培养。比喻培养人才是长久之计。也表示培养人才很不容易。
shí nián () shù bǎi rén
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

十年树木,百年树人

It takes ten years to grow trees.

橄榄树下十年树木,百年树人,千年树城。

Olive trees, but a hundred to rear people next decade, millennium tree city.

百年树人,减少九十年,十年树人。

Some trees can live for hundreds of years.

十年树木,十载风,十载雨,十万栋梁梁。

It takes ten years for ten years, wind, rain, one hundred thousand pillars.