结晶 (jié jīng) — (noun) crystal, crystallization (the process or the resulting substance); (verb) to crystallize (form into a crystalline structure); (figurative noun) the fruit, the result (of hard work, labor, etc.)
Definition
Literally 'crystallize', 结晶 is the noun for the crystal itself or the process, and figuratively 'the crystallized result' of effort — closer in meaning to 劳动 (work/labor) than 水果 (edible fruit), and related to but distinct from 水晶 (the gemstone).
noun
crystalcrystallization (the process or the resulting substance)
verb
to crystallize (form into a crystalline structure)(figurative noun) the fruitthe result (of hard work, labor, etc.)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 结晶。Shuǐ zài dī wēn xià huì jié jīng chéng bīng.Water crystallizes into ice at low temperatures.
- 结晶。Zhè kuài jié jīng fēi cháng chún jìng.This crystal is very pure.
- 结晶。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō shì tā shí nián xīn xuè de jié jīng.This novel is the crystallization of ten years of his hard work.
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