百年树人 — Chinese idiom
百年树人
bǎi nián shù rén
Traditional: 百年樹人
Meaning
- it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
Character by character
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
- 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
- 树shùtree; to plant; to set up, to establish
- 人rénman, person; people
Idioms sharing a character
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng
- 信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài
- 千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài
- 千娇百媚 qiān jiāo bǎi mèi
- 千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì
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