硕果 (shuò guǒ) — great achievement, major accomplishment | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

硕果 (shuòguǒ) is a formal, written word for a great achievement after long effort — stronger and more literary than 成果 ('positive result'), and not the literal 'fruit' sense of 果实.

noun

great achievementmajor accomplishment

Measure word · 个

Examples

硕果。
Zhè shì tā duō nián fèn dòu de shuò guǒ.
This is the great achievement of his years of struggle.
硕果。
Zhè ge xiàng mù zhōng yú jiē chū le shuò guǒ.
This project has finally borne great achievements.
硕果。
Tā men yòng xīn qín de hàn shuǐ huàn lái le jīn tiān de shuò guǒ.
They exchanged hard work and sweat for today's major accomplishment.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

硕 means large and 果 means fruit, picturing a big fruit as a major achievement.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 碩; 硕 is its simplified writing.

石頁碩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

石

石shí碩shuò

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 碩 puts 石 beside 頁: 石 gives the sound, and 頁 is the meaning part; the simplified 硕 is a shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

果 originally drew fruits hanging on a tree.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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