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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *出* | 出* | *出
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
HSK 1
outcome; result; consequence / in the end; as a result / to kill; to dispatch
HSK 2
to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
HSK 2
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
HSK 2
result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects
HSK 3
thus; consequently; as a result
HSK 3
due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because
HSK 3
result / achievement / gain / profit / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個|个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about
HSK 3
fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains
HSK 4
thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
HSK 4
to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result
HSK 4
effect / result
HSK 5
therefore / as a result / thus / and as a result, ...
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *积* | 积* | *积
to amass; to accumulate; to store up / (math.) product (the result of multiplication) / (TCM) constipation; indigestion
HSK 7-9
product / result (of)
HSK 7-9
achievement; accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
HSK 7-9
to cause / to result in
HSK 7-9
to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
to show results; to be effective
HSK 7-9
performance / results / achievement
product (result of multiplication)
(of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit (resulting in a temporary halt in trading of the stock)
(of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level) / to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall
to recount (e.g. results of election) / to re-evaluate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *果* | 果* | *果
fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really
to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
(desired) effect / (expected) result / effective
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
to make (wine or spirits) / (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success / impatient for result / impetuous
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镊* | 镊* | *镊
(bound form) tweezers / to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is or or etc)
to yield results
to produce the opposite of the desired result
(of a stock price) to fall to the daily lower limit (resulting in a suspension of trade in the stock)
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
victory or defeat / result
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
actual effect / practical result / efficacy
quick results / fast-acting
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个 + ~) without end; incessantly
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
the result (becomes apparent) / now one understands
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索) / human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌, human shield)
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
lit. to die without illness (idiom) / fig. to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out
to belong to / affiliated to / to result in sth / to incline towards
rancor / enmity / hatred resulting from grievances
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
to win as a result of tenacious effort / to fight off tough competition
(idiom) overweight as a result of living a life of privilege
real results / to verify
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
well established / accepted as a result of long usage
to bring to deadlock / to result in a stalemate
(coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
instant results / lit. blow the husk and see the rice
results of the autumn imperial examinations
to put together / to make up (a set) / to round up (a number to a convenient multiple) / resulting in...
to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler
to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative; to have a rebound positive test result
results (of an investigation, poll)
fatal / resulting in sb's death
to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc)
grumpiness resulting from poor sleep; irritability in the morning
statistical results
all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
engorged breasts; rock-hard breasts (resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complications from breast implants)
to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing)
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
to achieve astounding results (idiom)
repetitive strain injury (resulting from frequent use of one's thumb, wrist etc)
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
unwilling to accept / not content with (a subservient role, a mediocre result etc)
good result; success
Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result / to have high ambitions
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团 and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁 in 2016
difference (the result of subtraction)
the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled
lit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom) / fruit hangs heavy on the bough / fig. countless accomplishments / one great result after another
to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
then / as a result
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
collisional orogeny / mountain building as a result of continents colliding

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