Definition of 桃栗三年柿八年 (ももくりさんねんかきはちねん)
ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
桃栗三年柿八年
ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
momokurisannenkakihachinen
expression
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it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit, planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight(proverb)
Related Kanji
桃 | peach |
栗 | chestnut |
三 | three |
年 | year, counter for years |
柿 | persimmon |
八 | eight, eight radical (no. 12) |