杨树开花,没结果楊樹開花,沒結果楊樹開花,沒結果

a poplar tree blooms: it sets no fruit

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said when an effort comes to nothing and has no result.
Wordplay: 结果 (jiēguǒ, bear fruit) and 结果 (jiéguǒ, result/outcome) sound alike; the saying plays on bearing fruit versus having an outcome.

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Simplified: 杨树开花,没结果
Traditional (Taiwan): 楊樹開花,沒結果
Pinyin: yángshù kāihuā,méi jiéguǒ
Bopomofo: ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄚ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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