树苗好栽成材难樹苗好栽成材難樹苗好栽成材難

saplings are easy to plant, but growing them into timber is hard

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Raising people to be useful takes a long, difficult effort.

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Simplified: 树苗好栽成材难
Traditional (Taiwan): 樹苗好栽成材難
Pinyin: shùmiáo hǎo zāi chéngcái nán
Bopomofo: ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄗㄞㄔㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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