桃三杏四梨五年，枣子当年便还钱桃三杏四梨五年，棗子當年便還錢桃三杏四梨五年，棗子當年便還錢

peach three, apricot four, pear five years; the jujube pays back the same year

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A farming saying on how long fruit trees take to bear fruit: peach 3 years, apricot 4, pear 5, while a grafted jujube fruits in the first year.

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Simplified: 桃三杏四梨五年，枣子当年便还钱
Traditional (Taiwan): 桃三杏四梨五年，棗子當年便還錢
Pinyin: táo sān xìng sì lí wǔ nián, zǎozi dāngnián biàn huán qián
Bopomofo: ㄊㄠˊ ㄙㄢㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄙˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ，ㄗㄠˇ ˙ㄗㄉㄤㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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