one generation plants the tree under (/in)whose (cool) shade another generation rests—❶profit by the labour of one’s forefathers;one sows and another reaps;
❷sweating for the benefit of future generations
❍ ～，祖先功绩，后裔难忘。One generation plants the trees under whose shade another generation rests. The contributions of the forefathers will be engraved on the memory of their descendants.
前人栽树，后人乘凉qian ren zai shu,hou ren cheng liang
one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests—sweating for the benefit of the future generation
前人栽树，后人乘凉
one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests;one sows and another reaps; profiting by the labor of one’s predecessors; sweating for the benefit of future generations