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
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
peach
chestnut
three
year, counter for years
persimmon
eight, eight radical (no. 12)