ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
桃栗三年柿八年
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
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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