Read Edit View history 十年树木 shíniánshùmù it takes ten years to grow a tree Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 十年树木/ 十年樹木 shíniánshùmù it takes ten years to grow a tree it takes a long time to cultivate trees; often used as the first half of a proverb to contrast the time needed for physical growth with the much longer time needed for human education Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 百年树人/百年樹人 → 十年树木/十年樹木 Edit Delete
十年树木/ 十年樹木 shíniánshùmù it takes ten years to grow a tree it takes a long time to cultivate trees; often used as the first half of a proverb to contrast the time needed for physical growth with the much longer time needed for human education Edit Delete