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果实 (guǒ shí) — fruit (produced by a plant); (fig.) fruit (of labor, effort, etc.); results; gains

Definition

果实 covers both literal fruit on a plant and the figurative 'fruits of labor' — broader and more literary than the everyday 水果, which is only for eating. For abstract results, it pairs naturally with 收获.

noun
fruit (produced by a plant)(fig.) fruit (of labor, effort, etc.)resultsgains
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 果实。
    Shù shàng jiē mǎn le hóng sè de guǒ shí.
    The tree is full of red fruit.
  • ，果实。
    Jīng guò yì nián de nǔ lì, wǒ men zhōng yú dé dào le fēng shōu de guǒ shí.
    After a year of hard work, we finally reaped a bountiful harvest of fruit.
  • 果实。
    Zhè shì dà jiā yì qǐ láo dòng de guǒ shí.
    This is the fruit of everyone's labor.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

果guǒfruit
实shífruit

果 and 实 both point to the fruit or result a plant produces, together naming its yield.

Characters in this word

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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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 實; 实 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 周周zhōucarved jade
  • 貝貝bèishellfish; cowrie

The traditional form 實 has 宀 'roof' above 周 'carved jade' and 貝 'cowrie'; the simplified 实 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

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