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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 十年樹木，百年樹人 [ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ , ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ; shi2 nian2 shu4 mu4 , bai3 nian2 shu4 ren2]
 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.
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