出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第296页（263字）
指教育子弟，培育人才是长久之计，也是不容易的事，例十年树木，百年树人，教育事业应有个长远计划。
The proverb says，"To grow trees，ten years are needed；to educate man，a hundred years are needed．"From this it is clear that educational work must make long-term programmes．