Eight-character idioms describing serious study

It takes ten years for trees to grow tall and a hundred years for talents to mature ―― it takes a long time to cultivate people.

Pinyin: b

Usage: compound sentences; Make provisions; It is not easy to train talents.

Explanation: Tree: Cultivation, cultivation. Metaphor training talents is a long-term solution. It also means that it is not easy to train talents.

Source: Guan Zi Quan Xiu by Guan Zhong in the Pre-Qin Dynasty: "One year's plan is nothing like a tree valley; The ten-year plan is nothing more than a tree; A lifelong plan is nothing more than a tree. "

Ex.: Westerners all know that it is necessary to train talents well.