Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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百年 | 百年 | bǎinián | - hundred years - century - lifetime |
百年不遇 | 百年不遇 | bǎiniánbùyù | - only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) |
百年大计 | 百年大計 | bǎiniándàjì | - a project of vital and lasting importance |
百年好合 | 百年好合 | bǎiniánhǎohé | - may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) |
百年树人 | 百年樹人 | bǎiniánshùrén | - It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom) - fig. 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 |
五百年前是一家 | 五百年前是一家 | wǔbǎiniánqiánshìyījiā | - five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname) |
十年树木,百年树人 | 十年樹木,百年樹人 | shíniánshùmù,bǎiniánshùrén | - 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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