[十年树木,百年树人 / 十年樹木,百年樹人, shí nián shù mù, bǎi nián shù rénㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ, ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ] It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (成语 saw). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
[只见树木不见森林 / 只見樹木不見森林, zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn línㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ] unable to see the wood for the trees; fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
[只见树木,不见森林 / 祇見樹木,不見森林, zhǐ jiàn shù mù, bù jiàn sēn línㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ] only see the trees, but not see the forest (成语 saw, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论); to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture, See Also: 成语, 毛澤東, 毛泽东, 矛盾論, 矛盾论