◎ 十年树木,百年树人 shí nián shù mù,bǎi nián shù rén[It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear people]树木成材需时十年,而培育人才却要上百年,说明培养人才之难,也说明培养人才是百年大计,不容忽视。语出《管子·权修》:“十年之计,莫如树木;终之计,莫如树人。” -----------------国语辞典:栽植树木需要十年,培养人才需要百年。语本《管子.权修》:「十年之计,莫如树木;终身之计,莫如树人。」比喻培养人才非常不易或培育人才是长久之计。清.梁章巨《楹联丛话.卷五.廨宇》:「刚日读经,柔日读史;十年树木,百年树人。」英语 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
◎ 十拿九稳 shíná-jiǔwěn[go percent sure;have nine chances out of ten] 办事情很有把握对于叔叔回国这桩十拿九稳的事,大家还拟定了上千种计划,甚至计划到要用这位叔叔的钱置一所别墅。——《我的叔叔于勒》-----------------国语辞典:比喻很有把握。《儿女英雄传.第一○回》:「如此一行,只怕这事倒有个十拿九稳,也未可知。」《官场现形记.第二四回》:「自来办大工的人都守著这一个诀窍,所以这回贾大少爷的保举,竟其十拿九稳。」近满有把握,万无一失英语 to be a cinch, in the bag, (of a person) confident of success德语 mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit 法语 certain, très sûr
◎ 草菅人命 cǎojiān-rénmìng[slaughter people and treat human life as if it were not worth a straw;act with utter disregard for human life;treat human life as grass] 菅:一种野草。杀人如同除草,任意害人性命 -----------------国语辞典:菅,一种野草。草菅人命比喻轻视人命,滥杀无辜。语本《大戴礼记.保傅》:「其视杀人若艾草菅然,岂胡亥之性恶哉?」《初刻拍案惊奇.卷一一》:「所以说,为官做吏的人,千万不要草菅人命,视同儿戏!」《文明小史.第二六回》:「况且内中有人到过云南,晓得那里官府待百姓的暴虐,……这些话说说,也教官府听见,怕人家不服,不至依然草菅人命。」近滥杀无辜,视如草芥,杀人如麻反人命关天英语 human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass, a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen