"十年樹木，百年樹人" meaning in Chinese

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  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "To plan for the next year, grow grains. For the next decade, plant trees. For the next century, cultivate the humanity that people admire. By humanity, we refer to what is in humans.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Jū zhī yī suì, zhǒng zhī yǐ gǔ; shí suì, shù zhī yǐ mù; bǎi suì, lái zhī yǐ dé. Dé zhě, rénwù zhī wèi yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "居之一歲，種之以穀；十歲，樹之以木；百歲，來之以德。德者，人物之謂也。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "To plan for the next year, grow grains. For the next decade, plant trees. For the next century, cultivate the humanity that people admire. By humanity, we refer to what is in humans.",
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        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Jū zhī yī suì, zhǒng zhī yǐ gǔ; shí suì, shù zhī yǐ mù; bǎi suì, lái zhī yǐ dé. Dé zhě, rénwù zhī wèi yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "居之一岁，种之以谷；十岁，树之以木；百岁，来之以德。德者，人物之谓也。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "That it takes one year to grow grains, one decade to grow trees, and one century to grow humans — this is what we say about education.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " c. 16th century, Sun Jigao (孫繼皐), 《又贈郡大夫河南錢公應覲敘》, in 《宗伯集》",
      "roman": "Fú yī nián shùgǔ, shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén, yán yùcái yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "夫一年樹榖，十年樹木，百年樹人，言育材也。",
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    },
    {
      "english": "That it takes one year to grow grains, one decade to grow trees, and one century to grow humans — this is what we say about education.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " c. 16th century, Sun Jigao (孫繼皐), 《又贈郡大夫河南錢公應覲敘》, in 《宗伯集》",
      "roman": "Fú yī nián shùgǔ, shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén, yán yùcái yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "夫一年树榖，十年树木，百年树人，言育材也。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "The proverb likely originates as a paraphrase of a quotation from Records of the Grand Historian (《史記·貨殖列傳》):\n:\nThe 16th-century politician Sun Jigao (孫繼皐) wrote",
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          "english": "Being glad to hear that it had been twenty years since CWAE was founded, I automatically remembered that old saying, \"it takes a long time to produce a competent person\". Many feelings welled up inside my mind. If I change its way of expression, then could it be \"How many 'twenty years' are there in a person's life?\"",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "ref": " 2011 November 1, 凌鼎年, 《同心同德、互學互幫》, from 《迤邐文林二十年：歐華作協二十華誕紀念文集》, page 23",
          "roman": "Xīnwén Ōuzhōu huáwén zuòjiā xiéhuì chénglì èrshí nián le, wǒ zìrán'érrán xiǎngqǐ le “shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén” de lǎohuà, pōduō gǎnkǎi. Rúguǒ huàn yīzhǒng biǎoshù fāngshì, nà shìfǒu kěyǐ shuō: rénshēng jǐgè èrshí nián?",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "欣聞歐洲華文作家協會成立二十年了，我自然而然想起了「十年樹木，百年樹人」的老話，頗多感慨。如果換一種表述方式，那是否可以說：人生幾個二十年？",
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          "english": "Being glad to hear that it had been twenty years since CWAE was founded, I automatically remembered that old saying, \"it takes a long time to produce a competent person\". Many feelings welled up inside my mind. If I change its way of expression, then could it be \"How many 'twenty years' are there in a person's life?\"",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2011 November 1, 凌鼎年, 《同心同德、互學互幫》, from 《迤邐文林二十年：歐華作協二十華誕紀念文集》, page 23",
          "roman": "Xīnwén Ōuzhōu huáwén zuòjiā xiéhuì chénglì èrshí nián le, wǒ zìrán'érrán xiǎngqǐ le “shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén” de lǎohuà, pōduō gǎnkǎi. Rúguǒ huàn yīzhǒng biǎoshù fāngshì, nà shìfǒu kěyǐ shuō: rénshēng jǐgè èrshí nián?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "欣闻欧洲华文作家协会成立二十年了，我自然而然想起了「十年树木，百年树人」的老话，颇多感慨。如果换一种表述方式，那是否可以说：人生几个二十年？",
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          "english": "\"It takes a long time to produce a competent person.\" Education is a long-term project so don't expect your children to change much or make clear progress after only one to two months",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
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          ],
          "ref": " 2011 October 3, 盧靜文, 《一生不能不懂的教育學故事》, page 190",
          "roman": "“Shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén”, jiàoyù shì chángqī gōngchéng, bùyào zhǐwàng háizǐ yīliǎnggè yuè jiù huì fāshēng duōdà biànhuà, jìnbù duōme míngxiǎn",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "「十年樹木，百年樹人」，教育是長期工程，不要指望孩子一兩個月就會發生多大變化、進步多麼明顯",
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          "english": "\"It takes a long time to produce a competent person.\" Education is a long-term project so don't expect your children to change much or make clear progress after only one to two months",
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          "ref": " 2011 October 3, 盧靜文, 《一生不能不懂的教育學故事》, page 190",
          "roman": "“Shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén”, jiàoyù shì chángqī gōngchéng, bùyào zhǐwàng háizǐ yīliǎnggè yuè jiù huì fāshēng duōdà biànhuà, jìnbù duōme míngxiǎn",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "「十年树木，百年树人」，教育是长期工程，不要指望孩子一两个月就会发生多大变化、进步多么明显",
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      "glosses": [
        "it takes a long time for good education to bear fruit (i.e. to produce a competent person)"
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          "good",
          "good"
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          "bear fruit",
          "bear fruit"
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          "produce",
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        "(figurative) it takes a long time for good education to bear fruit (i.e. to produce a competent person)"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shínián shùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎinián shùrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sap⁶ nin⁴ syu⁶ muk⁶, baak³ nin⁴ syu⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "zab⁸ ni⁵ su⁶ bhag⁸, bêh⁴ ni⁵ su⁶ nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shínián shùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎinián shùrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shíhnián shùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎinián shùrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih²-nien² shu⁴-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pai³-nien² shu⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shŕ-nyán shù-mù-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎi-nyán shù-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyrnian shuhmuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baenian shuhren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шинянь шуму"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "байнянь шужэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šinjanʹ šumu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bajnjanʹ šužɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sahp nìhn syuh muhk, baak nìhn syuh yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sap⁹ nin⁴ sy⁶ muk⁹, baak⁸ nin⁴ sy⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seb⁶ nin⁴ xu⁶ mug⁶, bag³ nin⁴ xu⁶ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐp̚² niːn²¹ syː²² mʊk̚² paːk̚³ niːn²¹ syː²² jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zab⁸ ni⁵ su⁶ bhag⁸, bêh⁴ ni⁵ su⁶ nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsa̍p nî sŭ ba̍k, peh nî sŭ nâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sap̚⁴⁻² ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴ peʔ²⁻⁴ ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐp̚² niːn²¹ syː²² mʊk̚² paːk̚³ niːn²¹ syː²² jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sap̚⁴⁻² ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴ peʔ²⁻⁴ ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "十年樹木，百年樹人"
}

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    {
      "english": "To plan for the next year, grow grains. For the next decade, plant trees. For the next century, cultivate the humanity that people admire. By humanity, we refer to what is in humans.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Jū zhī yī suì, zhǒng zhī yǐ gǔ; shí suì, shù zhī yǐ mù; bǎi suì, lái zhī yǐ dé. Dé zhě, rénwù zhī wèi yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "居之一歲，種之以穀；十歲，樹之以木；百歲，來之以德。德者，人物之謂也。",
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    },
    {
      "english": "To plan for the next year, grow grains. For the next decade, plant trees. For the next century, cultivate the humanity that people admire. By humanity, we refer to what is in humans.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Jū zhī yī suì, zhǒng zhī yǐ gǔ; shí suì, shù zhī yǐ mù; bǎi suì, lái zhī yǐ dé. Dé zhě, rénwù zhī wèi yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "居之一岁，种之以谷；十岁，树之以木；百岁，来之以德。德者，人物之谓也。",
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      "english": "That it takes one year to grow grains, one decade to grow trees, and one century to grow humans — this is what we say about education.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " c. 16th century, Sun Jigao (孫繼皐), 《又贈郡大夫河南錢公應覲敘》, in 《宗伯集》",
      "roman": "Fú yī nián shùgǔ, shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén, yán yùcái yě.",
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        "Pinyin"
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      "text": "夫一年樹榖，十年樹木，百年樹人，言育材也。",
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      "english": "That it takes one year to grow grains, one decade to grow trees, and one century to grow humans — this is what we say about education.",
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      "ref": " c. 16th century, Sun Jigao (孫繼皐), 《又贈郡大夫河南錢公應覲敘》, in 《宗伯集》",
      "roman": "Fú yī nián shùgǔ, shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén, yán yùcái yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "夫一年树榖，十年树木，百年树人，言育材也。",
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  "etymology_text": "The proverb likely originates as a paraphrase of a quotation from Records of the Grand Historian (《史記·貨殖列傳》):\n:\nThe 16th-century politician Sun Jigao (孫繼皐) wrote",
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      "form": "十年树木，百年树人",
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          "english": "Being glad to hear that it had been twenty years since CWAE was founded, I automatically remembered that old saying, \"it takes a long time to produce a competent person\". Many feelings welled up inside my mind. If I change its way of expression, then could it be \"How many 'twenty years' are there in a person's life?\"",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "ref": " 2011 November 1, 凌鼎年, 《同心同德、互學互幫》, from 《迤邐文林二十年：歐華作協二十華誕紀念文集》, page 23",
          "roman": "Xīnwén Ōuzhōu huáwén zuòjiā xiéhuì chénglì èrshí nián le, wǒ zìrán'érrán xiǎngqǐ le “shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén” de lǎohuà, pōduō gǎnkǎi. Rúguǒ huàn yīzhǒng biǎoshù fāngshì, nà shìfǒu kěyǐ shuō: rénshēng jǐgè èrshí nián?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
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          "text": "欣聞歐洲華文作家協會成立二十年了，我自然而然想起了「十年樹木，百年樹人」的老話，頗多感慨。如果換一種表述方式，那是否可以說：人生幾個二十年？",
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          "english": "Being glad to hear that it had been twenty years since CWAE was founded, I automatically remembered that old saying, \"it takes a long time to produce a competent person\". Many feelings welled up inside my mind. If I change its way of expression, then could it be \"How many 'twenty years' are there in a person's life?\"",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2011 November 1, 凌鼎年, 《同心同德、互學互幫》, from 《迤邐文林二十年：歐華作協二十華誕紀念文集》, page 23",
          "roman": "Xīnwén Ōuzhōu huáwén zuòjiā xiéhuì chénglì èrshí nián le, wǒ zìrán'érrán xiǎngqǐ le “shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén” de lǎohuà, pōduō gǎnkǎi. Rúguǒ huàn yīzhǒng biǎoshù fāngshì, nà shìfǒu kěyǐ shuō: rénshēng jǐgè èrshí nián?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "欣闻欧洲华文作家协会成立二十年了，我自然而然想起了「十年树木，百年树人」的老话，颇多感慨。如果换一种表述方式，那是否可以说：人生几个二十年？",
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          "english": "\"It takes a long time to produce a competent person.\" Education is a long-term project so don't expect your children to change much or make clear progress after only one to two months",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2011 October 3, 盧靜文, 《一生不能不懂的教育學故事》, page 190",
          "roman": "“Shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén”, jiàoyù shì chángqī gōngchéng, bùyào zhǐwàng háizǐ yīliǎnggè yuè jiù huì fāshēng duōdà biànhuà, jìnbù duōme míngxiǎn",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "「十年樹木，百年樹人」，教育是長期工程，不要指望孩子一兩個月就會發生多大變化、進步多麼明顯",
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          "english": "\"It takes a long time to produce a competent person.\" Education is a long-term project so don't expect your children to change much or make clear progress after only one to two months",
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          "ref": " 2011 October 3, 盧靜文, 《一生不能不懂的教育學故事》, page 190",
          "roman": "“Shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén”, jiàoyù shì chángqī gōngchéng, bùyào zhǐwàng háizǐ yīliǎnggè yuè jiù huì fāshēng duōdà biànhuà, jìnbù duōme míngxiǎn",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "「十年树木，百年树人」，教育是长期工程，不要指望孩子一两个月就会发生多大变化、进步多么明显",
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        "it takes a long time for good education to bear fruit (i.e. to produce a competent person)"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "shínián shùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎinián shùrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sap⁶ nin⁴ syu⁶ muk⁶, baak³ nin⁴ syu⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "zab⁸ ni⁵ su⁶ bhag⁸, bêh⁴ ni⁵ su⁶ nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shínián shùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎinián shùrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shíhnián shùmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎinián shùrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih²-nien² shu⁴-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pai³-nien² shu⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shŕ-nyán shù-mù-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǎi-nyán shù-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyrnian shuhmuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baenian shuhren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шинянь шуму"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "байнянь шужэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šinjanʹ šumu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bajnjanʹ šužɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sahp nìhn syuh muhk, baak nìhn syuh yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sap⁹ nin⁴ sy⁶ muk⁹, baak⁸ nin⁴ sy⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seb⁶ nin⁴ xu⁶ mug⁶, bag³ nin⁴ xu⁶ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐp̚² niːn²¹ syː²² mʊk̚² paːk̚³ niːn²¹ syː²² jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zab⁸ ni⁵ su⁶ bhag⁸, bêh⁴ ni⁵ su⁶ nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsa̍p nî sŭ ba̍k, peh nî sŭ nâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sap̚⁴⁻² ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴ peʔ²⁻⁴ ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐp̚² niːn²¹ syː²² mʊk̚² paːk̚³ niːn²¹ syː²² jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sap̚⁴⁻² ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴ peʔ²⁻⁴ ni⁵⁵ su³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
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