Compounds of 三年

• 三年
  (n) three years
• 石の上にも三年
  (exp) perseverance prevails (lit: even the coldest rock will get warm if sat on for three years)
• 桃栗三年柿八年
  (exp) it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions (lit: planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, plums take eight)