十年樹木，百年樹人

Chinese

		ten years; decade	to grow trees		it takes a long time for good education to bear fruit
trad. (十年樹木，百年樹人)		十年	樹木	，	百年樹人
simp. (十年树木，百年树人)		十年	树木	，	百年树人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ , ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ , ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhnián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-nien² shu⁴-mu⁴, pai³-nien² shu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: shŕ-nyán shù-mù-, bǎi-nyán shù-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrnian shuhmuh, baenian shuhren
    • Palladius: шинянь шуму, байнянь шужэнь (šinjanʹ šumu, bajnjanʹ šužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Proverb

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