百年树人 in English bai3 nian2 shu4 ren2 Meaning

Meanings

  • It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically a good education program takes a long time to develop
  • cf. 十年樹木，百年樹人|十年树木，百年树人

Simplified Characters

百 年 树 人

Traditional Characters

百 年 樹 人

Pinyin

bai3 nian2 shu4 ren2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

百bai3surname Bai 年nian2surname Nian 树shu4tree 人ren2man